Moscow Student Jailed for Pro-Ukraine WiFi Network Name

A Moscow court sentenced a student to 10 days in jail for renaming his WiFi network to 'Slava Ukraini', amid a crackdown on dissent in Russia.

22-year-old Oleg Tarasov, a student at Moscow State University, was found guilty of 'public demonstration of Nazi symbols ... or symbols of extremist organisations' for renaming his WiFi network to 'Slava Ukraini'.
The incident sparked a manhunt by university security and Russia’s Centre E, leading to Tarasov's arrest and the confiscation of his router.
Russian courts have issued thousands of fines and prison sentences for expressions of anti-war sentiment since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Human rights activists report nearly 20,000 detentions for anti-war protests in Russia, with arrests often being violent.
The arrest of Tarasov is compared by Kremlin propagandists to a similar incident in Latvia, highlighting the international dimension of the crackdown on free expression.