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Irina Sedelnikova

Irina Sedelnikova
Date of the incident: November 7, 2023
Type of violation: suspended sentence, ban on teaching
Institution: RANEPA branch in Nizhny Novgorod

Summary: In Nizhny Novgorod, former RANEPA teacher Irina Sedelnikova was sentenced to 3 years of suspended sentence with a two-year probationary period and a ban on teaching under the article on “fakes about the army”, the Nizhny Novgorod Political Red Cross reports. The denunciation of Irina Sedelnikova was written by her students.

Details: Irina Mikhailovna Sedelnikova taught economics at the university. At one of the seminars, she spoke negatively about the war with Ukraine, her sister lives in Odessa and tells her about what is happening in the country. a student wrote a denunciation against Sedelnikova. They asked her questions and recorded her answers on smartphones.

On November 7, the trial ended in the Sovetsky District Court of Nizhny Novgorod. Sedelnikova, a former economics teacher at RANEPA, was convicted under Article 207.3, Part 2, for “disseminating knowingly false information” about SVO during a seminar with students. The defendant admitted her guilt and repented. The prosecutor demanded 7 years of imprisonment. Judge A. Usynkina sentenced Sedelnikova to 3 years of suspended imprisonment with a two-year probationary period and a ban on teaching.

Sources: Reporter-NN, Nizhny Novgorod Political Red Cross.

7 November 2023

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