Maria Motuznaya
Мария Мотузная
Born
Maria Sergeyevna Motuznaya

(1994-08-26) 26 August 1994
Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia
Nationality Russian
OccupationBlogger

Maria Sergeyevna Motuznaya (Russian: Мария Сергеевна Мотузная; born August 26, 1994) is a Russian blogger and activist. She came to public attention in 2018 when she explained on Twitter why she was on Russia's official list of extremists and terrorists.[1][2]

Early life

Motuznaya was raised by her Orthodox Christian mother and is pursuing film direction.[3][4][5]

In May 2018, she was jailed for sharing an offensive meme on social media.[6][7] The basis for the accusation was that in 2015, she had saved pictures of memes on the themes of religion and race in her VKontakte albums.[8]

Motuznaya believes that the real reason for her persecution is her activism. She has repeatedly published announcements of opposition rallies, including those of Alexei Navalny, on social media.[9]

In October 2018, she announced her emigration from Russia to seek asylum in a European country.[10][11] In January 2019, the case against her was discontinued.[12][13]

In March 2022, Motuznaya criticized AssezJeune's reasons to remove the red stripe from the white-blue-white flag.[14]

References

  1. ↑ The memes that might get you jailed in Russia
  2. ↑ Не верю! Протоиерей Димитрий Кувырталов и Мария Мотузная
  3. ↑ Перечень дополнен
  4. ↑ Воскрешение Джона Сноу как оскорбление чувств. На двух жителей Барнаула завели уголовные дела из-за мемов (причём по заявлениям одних и тех же студенток)
  5. ↑ "В Барнауле начался суд над Марией Мотузной. Ее обвиняют в экстремизме из-за картинок "ВКонтакте" Русская служба". BBC News. 2018-08-06. Archived from the original on 2023-03-26.
  6. ↑ Young Russians posting memes face jail for 'extremism'
  7. ↑ "Russian woman faces 6 years in jail for reposting memes". euronews. 3 August 2018.
  8. ↑ Мария Мотузная: Я решила, что это шутка. Но когда у меня начали обыск, я побледнела
  9. ↑ Экстремизм на репостном масле
  10. ↑ Мария Мотузная уехала из России
  11. ↑ Мария Мотузная уехала на Украину, но просить убежища хочет в Европе
  12. ↑ Мария Мотузная: Хочется удалить все соцсети и пропасть навсегда
  13. ↑ СКР вычеркнул из списка экстремистов студентку Мотузную
  14. ↑ Сивцова [Sivtsova], Саша [Sasha] (2022-03-14). У антивоенного движения появился новый символ протеста — бело-сине-белый флаг. "Медуза" рассказывает, кто и зачем его придумал [The anti-war movement has a new symbol of protest – the white-blue-white flag. Meduza reveals who invented it and why.]. истории (Stories). Meduza (in Russian). Riga, Latvia: Medusa Project SIA. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. Retrieved 2022-03-14; Сивцова [Sivtsova], Саша [Sasha] (2022-03-16). "A new symbol of Russia's anti-war movement Meduza explains the origins of the white-blue-white flag". Stories. Meduza. Translated by Breazeale, Sam. Riga, Latvia: Medusa Project SIA. Archived from the original on 2022-03-16. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
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