A Russian university student has been sentenced to 10 days in prison for changing the name of a Wi-Fi network with a pro-Ukrainian slogan.
Students at Moscow State University changed the name of the network to Slava Ukraine, a rallying cry for the Ukrainian military, meaning “Glory to Ukraine.”
The Ria Novosti news agency reported that the man was found guilty of “publicly displaying Nazi symbols… or symbols of extremist organizations.”
The newspaper said a police officer reported the name of the network to authorities and the student was arrested in the Russian capital on Wednesday morning.
According to court documents, officers searched the student’s room at the university and found his computer and Wi-Fi router.
The court found that he “used the network to promote the slogan ‘Slavy Ukraine!'”. There is no limit to the number of users within Wi-Fi range. ”
Since the Russian offensive began in February 2022, authorities have handed out thousands of prison terms and fines to people who publicly criticize the action or show support for the Ukrainian military.
Russians are not even allowed to call the conflict a “war” and must instead call it a “special military operation,” the BBC reported.
Amnesty International said 21,000 people were targeted last year by Russia’s “repression laws” used to crack down on anti-war activists.
The human rights charity spoke of “grossly unfair trials” that were used to “impose prison terms and high fines to silence critics for the slightest dissent”.
Hundreds of people have been detained for laying flowers in memory of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died under suspicious circumstances in an Arctic prison last month.
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