Date: December 12th, 2018 10:06 PM
Author: histrionic sanctuary wrinkle
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2018/12/07/mocking-putin-is-tantamount-to-extremism
On December 3, the principal's office summoned the father of one of Carton 83’s creators. At the meeting, he met the mother of the student who’d written more posts than anyone in the group. “When we got there, principal Andrey Platonov, the vice principal, and several teachers were there waiting for us,” says one student, who asked not to be named. “They started shaking sheets of A4 paper at us. They’d printed out the memes. And then they said someone from the district attorney’s office had come to the school last academic year and warned students that extremism is prohibited. And now, as they put it, ‘warnings are over.’” The student says the vice principal also pointed out that the group had posted “something about Putin,” and making fun of the president is tantamount to extremism.
After this, the homeroom teacher gave a legal science lesson, threatening the students that Roskomnadzor (Russia’s federal censor) would come to the school, and warned that “administrative records are no joke.”
Representatives for Roskomnadzor’s regional office in Vologda told Meduza that they know nothing about Carton 83, but they also suggested a “statement” might be made in the future.
The school’s principal, Andrey Platonov, told Meduza: “The group had offensive memes directed at teachers, using photographs taken in secret during class, in violation of school policy. A police report has been filed. The police are dealing with it. As for the allegations of extremism and anti-state activity — that’s conjecture by the parents.”
The father of one of Carton 83’s creators says the school has scheduled a parent conference on December 7. “The other parents and I figure we’ll hear all about how making memes is prohibited,” he told Meduza.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4154938&forum_id=2#37398993)