Colombian will be tried by a Moscow court for defaming the Russian Army

The Colombian Alberto Enrique Giraldo Saray, accused of spreading “false news” about the Russian military campaign in Ukrainewill be judged by a court of Moscowreported today the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office.

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According to the Russian entity, the Colombian citizen knowingly disseminated false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces.

Giraldo Saray, who has lived in Russia for several years, has been in pretrial detention since his arrest last April.

His case was referred to the Golovinski Court in Moscow, adds the Prosecutor’s Office.

Previously, the Russian Investigative Committee noted that the defendant worked for a US company that faked alleged Russian interference in the 2020 US presidential election.

“The defendant’s correspondence with other participants in the case, citizens of a Latin American country, was translated and investigated. It was established that they carried out their activities on behalf of the foreign organization Digital Humanity (USA),” the agency said when it terminated the investigations at the beginning of December.

The Investigation Committee added that Digital Humanity is related to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), banned in Russia since 2012.

“The entire financing chain of the criminal group, which included the use of cryptocurrencies, was revealed,” the Russian investigators said.

The Colombian could be fined between 3 million and 5 million rubles (about $40,000 to $67,000) or sentenced to five years of compulsory social work or a jail term of between 5 and 10 years.

Source: Elcomercio

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