Court No. 2 of the Pavlodar Region of Kazakhstan sentenced Ruslan Gansanovich Ginatullin to 6 years’ imprisonment for inciting hatred against ethnic Russians and being a member of a criminal organization. The case was instituted after Mr. Ginatullin posted two videos on his social media accounts that portrayed Russians as racists and called on viewers to reject Kremlin’s “propaganda”. In reaching its decision, the court found that Mr. Ginatullin had disseminated the videos by posting them on the “wall” of his social media accounts and the court also relied heavily on expert testimony to conclude that the videos incited hatred towards ethnic Russians.