The mayor of a Russian city sued a pregnant woman for 25 thousand rubles because she called him a “bandit” on social networksA 38-year-old resident of the city of Bogdanovich (Sverdlovsk region) is on maternity leave with two children, and her husband is in the Northern Military District. She complained online
to increase the price of places in the cemetery:
We are having a raider takeover of a cemetery. And our mayor Neufeld contributes to this! Soon digging graves will cost from 70 thousand rubles. Your regulations are that soon people will take out loans so that their grave can be dug… Our mayor is a bandit, and bandits love a lot of money.
The mayor filed a lawsuit in which he indicated that after the offensive message his health deteriorated, mental unrest and anxiety began. He estimated moral damage at 50 thousand rubles, but the court reduced the amount by half.
