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The Moskovsky District Court in St Petersburg fined Dmitry Khorzov, a member of the Yabloko party, 30,000 rubles (about US$330) under the article on “discrediting” the army (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). This was reported by Mediazona.
The charge was based on Khorzov’s election campaigning; in September, he ran for the State Duma in St Petersburg’s 218th district. Law enforcement labelled his statement as “discrediting”: “My name is Dmitry Khorzov. I am the only candidate for peace in the 218th district. Come and vote on 20 September 2026.”
However, at the end of the police report, it states that the offence was committed not by Khorzov but by a certain O.I. Kiseleva. Mediazona suggests that the police copied this fragment from another report. The court’s website also has a ruling fining a woman with that surname under the same article.
Earlier, Bumaga reported that Khorzov had been reported to the authorities by Andrey Kazanin, a participant in the war with Ukraine. He saw “discrediting” of the army in the politician’s campaign material, as well as calls to violate Russia’s territorial integrity and insults towards other candidates.
Khorzov ran for the State Duma with Yabloko. According to party exit polls, he was polling at 29 per cent and was ahead in the district, including over Vitaly Milonov. According to the official results, Khorzov came fourth with 6.4 per cent, after which he announced that votes had been stolen.