Stopham history. The notorious organization was liquidated for repeated violations of the law

The head of the press service of the St. Petersburg branch of the movement, Alexander Boglovsky, agreed to give an interview to the site.

- Let's get straight to the point. There are many articles floating around on the Internet, written by someone based on their own guesses. They write all kinds of conspiracy theories that "StopHam" - these are followers of Navalny, friends of Putin, and so on. We would like to know everything directly. The first question that probably interests everyone: where does the money come from?

Well, regarding the financial issue, I can immediately say that the grants received by the movement in Moscow do not reach us. Only stickers come to us from the capital. We spend money on video equipment partly from our own pockets, partly from the organization’s “budget”. We, as everyone knows, have a channel on Youtube, which brings in a small income to the “budget”. In a good month it could be 40 thousand rubles. Of this amount, part is spent on hosting for our site, part on equipment: all kinds of mounts, lenses, replacement of cameras broken during the raid. Something is paid to the organizers. Another portion is spent on advertising on social networks. Of course, this amount is not enough for everything, so you have to spend personal funds. Talk that we have investors or that we are financed by Navalny’s bloc is disinformation. We do not have any investors other than ourselves. Well, we have nothing to do with Navalny.

- What about people? How are volunteers recruited? Who are all these people who go on raids?

We have a VKontakte group and a website where we publish announcements about the raid, indicating the place and time of the meeting. The main requirement for participants is the age of majority. Several organizers and operators from the core team that has formed over several years are sent there, plus new volunteers who want to take part. The main staff in St. Petersburg consists of about 300 people who occupy an active civic position. Naturally, everyone doesn’t go on raids at once. Several organized people go there, plus those who voluntarily decided to attend the event from among the new volunteers. Absolutely everyone participating in the action is ordinary, average people who are tired of rudeness on the roads (parking lots and sidewalks).

- Why, from your point of view, is all this activity being carried out? What is the main task of the movement?

We are pursuing two goals, one of which is very difficult to achieve, the second is simpler. The difficult task is re-education. If you look at European countries, parked incorrectly - a huge fine, drove along the sidewalk - deprivation of license and a fine, did not let a pedestrian pass at the crossing - a fine. That is, the attitude towards boorish behavior is very strict.

We, of course, also provide for fines, but have you often seen someone fined for not letting a pedestrian pass? Are there many traffic police officers or video cameras on sidewalks and parking lots? By our actions we are trying to prevent boorish attitude. Directly during raids, we try to explain to violators that they are behaving inappropriately. And then, by posting the video for public viewing, we hope that people who see everything that is happening will not want to commit such illegal and immoral actions. That is, they will re-educate, change their attitude.

The second goal is somewhat more realistic and feasible. A huge part of our audience is young people who are now either studying in driving schools, or preparing for this, or have already graduated, but do not yet have a canned understanding of the rules traffic. That is, their attitude towards all “minor” violations has not yet developed. And we are trying to influence them, to cultivate a culture of driving with " early years motorist." I hope that our videos can awaken people's respect for others.

- How did the movement begin? Where did it all start?

The founder of the movement is Dmitry Chugunov. One fine day he finally got tired of seeing rudeness on the streets of Moscow. He came up with and printed out several “I don’t care about anyone, I park where I want” stickers and went to “fight” alone. He approached cars that were blocking the passage of the road and said to the drivers something like: “Did you know that you are blocking other people’s traffic? Please re-park so as not to interfere, or I will put this sticker on you.”

Often people moved their cars, but there were incidents. He filmed all his actions and posted them on the Internet. Then he found like-minded people, and the “StopHam” movement was born in Moscow. Then, seeing this movement on the Internet, solidary people from other regions decided to follow suit, and regional Stopham blocs appeared, including here in St. Petersburg.

How is movement and actions coordinated?

The locations of the protests are determined mainly by residents. They send us letters and photographs of violations, we choose the most “dangerous” places and go there. Organizers communicate with violators directly on site. The selection of organizers is carried out very strictly in order to prevent unlawful actions on the part of movement activists. Over the course of several raids, we monitor the actions of volunteers and, based on their behavior, we can offer them to become organizers.

The main requirements for the organizer are restraint and culture. Discreet obscene outbursts are not permitted. The organizer must also be active. A reserved and cultured person, standing indifferently and occupying only the position of an observer, is unlikely to help us as an organizer. Such people, of course, are also needed, because all volunteers are our support and safety net, both active and passive. However, you can become an organizer only by taking an active civic position, as well as being able to convey information to anyone, while remaining within the bounds of decency, and the law, of course.

- What happens after the action? Do you send the footage to the traffic police, do your “clients” pay fines for their offenses?

No, we do not have the authority to collect fines, and we do not send videos to the traffic police. Our task is not to “punish” violators, but to warn. Sometimes, if a traffic police squad goes on a raid with us, fines are issued on the spot, but this does not happen often. Employees cannot travel to places where an offense is LIKELY to occur without special orders (special operations). After all, if an offense really happened somewhere, and the traffic police squad is busy with us, then nothing good will come of it. Another question is if unscrupulous drivers decide to cause some kind of material (breaking cameras, tearing clothes) or, God forbid, physical damage to our activists (fights happen, sometimes activists are “rolled” on the hood). Naturally, we do not leave such actions unpunished, but file statements with the police, followed by procedural actions and trials.

- If not everything went “smoothly” and an activist gets injured in a raid, do you provide support? For treatment, for lawyers in court?

Certainly! To the best of our ability and strength. There were cases, unfortunately, when activists received beatings and fractures. We help with treatment, that is, for example, if you need to apply a cast, then we, and I personally, are ready to pay for a light and comfortable cast. The principle of “one piece at a time” works here. We do not force any of the activists to donate money for treatment, everything is voluntary. With the courts the situation is somewhat different. We, of course, did not study to become lawyers, but we are well-versed in the legal field and are able to provide legal assistance to our associates ourselves, without resorting to the expensive services of lawyers. Although now I am negotiating with one law company, which may be able to help us in the future if our strength is not enough.

IN Lately There are a lot of questions about the activities of StopHama, so I decided to collect everything in one place.

1. Is it true that StopHam was banned?

Not really. The interregional public organization for promoting the development of cultural interaction in civil society “Stop Ham” was registered in Moscow. By court decision, its activities as an organization were terminated due to failure to provide annual reports. From a practical point of view, this does not affect anything: firstly, no one is stopping you from registering a new organization called StopHam-2 even tomorrow. Secondly, nothing prevents you from continuing to carry out your activities privately, without any organization, as was done from 2010 to 2012 (it was in 2012 that the organization was registered).

2. Is it legal to pester drivers and demand to repark?

In general, yes, it is legal. And here, no objections in the spirit of “you are not the police, you have no right to contact me” work. Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation provides for liability for petty hooliganism, namely “violation public order, expressing clear disrespect for society, accompanied by obscene language in in public places, offensive harassment of citizens, as well as destruction or damage to other people’s property.” Stopkhamovites do not use foul language, and the requirement to obey the law is clearly not disrespect for society, but quite the opposite. More on property damage later.

3. Is it legal to put stickers on your windshield?

No, it's not legal. In accordance with clause 7.3 of the List of faults and conditions under which the operation of vehicles is prohibited, operation of the vehicle is prohibited if additional items are installed on it or coatings are applied that limit visibility from the driver’s seat. Thus, the sticker worsens the consumer properties of the car and makes it impossible to operate. Recovery consumer properties The owner of the car must clean the glass. Moreover, if the sticker sticks, as they say, on the snot, then there are no problems. But if it comes off with difficulty, then the owner is forced to bear expenses: from purchasing some kind of solvent and up to evacuating the car to a car wash. These expenses are nothing more than losses (in full accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 15 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation). Losses are a special case of harm. Thus, there is evidence of damage by the Stopkhamovites to other people’s property.

4. What responsibility can Stophamites bear for sticking stickers?

In this case, we can consider the issue of three types of liability: civil, administrative and criminal. Civil liability consists of compensation for damages caused. It occurs only at the initiative of the victim (the police will not do anything for you). That is, the victim (car owner) collects evidence of his losses (receipts for solvent, rags, tow truck, car wash, etc.), evidence of harm caused by specific persons and files a claim in court. With a bonus, you can request compensation for moral damage and compensation for lost profits (for example, you work as a taxi driver and you lost half a day). Some problems will arise in identifying the proper defendant: is it the organization that is acting, or is it simply individuals... And they are not obliged to show you their passport. In general, I am not yet familiar with cases of filing such claims. Although in general, if there is evidence of what happened, the case is winning.

Administrative liability may arise under Art. 20.1 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (petty hooliganism). To do this, you need to involve the police and do half the work for them (in particular, collecting evidence of damage). Responsibility - up to arrest for 15 days. As a bonus, you, as a victim, will have the right to familiarize yourself with the case materials and find out the passport details of the Stopkhamovites, which will make the task of filing a civil claim easier. Liability may also arise under Art. 7.17 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (deliberate destruction or damage to someone else’s property). Fine up to 500 rubles.

The most severe liability that can occur is criminal. In accordance with Art. 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, intentional destruction or damage to someone else’s property, if these acts entailed causing significant damage, carries a penalty of up to 2 years’ imprisonment, and if the act is classified as committed out of hooligan motives, up to 5 years. The difference with administrative liability lies in the need to prove the presence of significant damage (determined taking into account his property status, but not less than 2,500 rubles, which is quite realistic for Moscow, especially if there was an evacuation).

5. Do Stopkhamovites have the right to film me and my car?

Yes, they do. There is no prohibition either in the Constitution or in the laws. But there is a nuance (see next question)

6. Do Stopkhamovites have the right to publish videos of me and my car on the Internet?

Photos/videos of the car can be published without problems, and excuses like “this is my property, I forbid it” will not help. Ownership allows you to use, own and dispose of a thing, but does not allow you to restrict another person from using your camera. As for you personally, Art. comes to the rescue. 152.1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation “Protection of a citizen’s image.” According to this article on general rule publication and further use (not the photographing itself, but the publication!) of the image of a citizen (including his photographs, as well as video recordings or works visual arts, in which he is depicted) are allowed only with the consent of this citizen. That is, you, as a citizen, have the right to prohibit the publication of a video with your participation. However, there are exceptions. Such consent is not required in cases where: 1) the use of the image is carried out in state, public or other public interests; 2) the image of a citizen was obtained during filming, which is carried out in places open to the public, except in cases where such an image is the main object of use. Both of these exceptions work to the benefit of Stopkhamovites. First, they can indicate that they are using the image in the public interest (fighting crime and collecting evidence). And, by and large, they will be right. Secondly, they may indicate that the image was taken in a public place and you are not the main subject in it. Unfortunately, what is meant by the main object is a highly debatable question. However, in general, the prospects of winning a lawsuit against the Stopkhamovites for posting a video with your participation without permission are close to zero. Oh, and the most important thing. None of the “right to privacy” and “right to personal life” that the heroes of the videos operate have anything to do with it. In a public place (on the street) life is public.

7. Do Stopkhamovites have the right to stand on the sidewalks and slow down cars driving there?

On the sidewalk, a Stopkhamovite is an ordinary pedestrian. He has the right to walk, stand, lie, etc. In some cases, vehicle traffic is allowed on sidewalks (for example, in the absence of other access options), but traffic safety must be ensured. At the same time, of course, you need to understand that violation of traffic rules is not always recognized as an administrative offense. For example, in the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation there is a concept emergency. A driver may avoid a traffic jam on the sidewalk, for example, because he is taking a person in critical condition to the hospital (not necessarily by ambulance). Obviously, in this case it is impossible to interfere with him, because such “interference” can subsequently lead to the death of a person.

8. The Stopkhamovite jumped on me himself, it’s not my fault. Should I wait for the traffic cops?

Yes, they should. Regardless of whose fault it is, if any damage is caused (even if a shirt is torn) or harm to health (a scratch is enough), the incident will be classified as an accident. Accordingly, for leaving the scene of an accident, the driver faces punishment in the form of deprivation of the right to drive or arrest.

9. Stopkhamovites claim that I am driving on the sidewalk, but I believe that this is the adjacent territory. Who is right?

Unfortunately, traffic regulations do not provide a clear answer to this question. In practice, it can be extremely difficult to distinguish the sidewalk from the adjacent territory: sometimes one smoothly flows into the other. To figure it out, you need to ask the mayor’s office for a traffic management plan, but that will be “later,” but you need to figure it out now. Perhaps the only thing that can be advised is not to drive through places that are questionable, especially if there are pedestrians walking there and there is another route.

The Moscow City Court liquidated public organization"Stop Ham." This was done at the request of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for “repeated gross violations of the law.” Stop Hama promises to continue its promotions after re-registration.

The Moscow City Court liquidated the public organization Stop Ham, whose activists aggressively fought illegal parking by covering the windshields of violating cars with stickers. “Stop Ham” was created by the commissars of the pro-Kremlin movement “Nashi”, it was praised by President Vladimir Putin, but in the end the movement was liquidated at the request of the Ministry of Justice for “repeated gross violations.” Stop Hama promises to continue its campaigns and re-register, changing the “two commas” in the name.

When and why was Stop Ham created?

Stop Ham is a non-profit organization founded in 2010 by commissars of the pro-Kremlin youth movement Nashi. The main goal of “Stop Hama” was the fight against violations of traffic rules: parking in the wrong place, self-seizure of city land for parking, use of sidewalks for the movement of cars.

In July 2010, the project was presented at the Seliger forum and approved by the then Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Rashid Nurgaliev. He suggested that the activists of the movement “work together with the traffic police so that an employee is assigned to each group.”

In August 2013, movement activists were supported at Seliger by Vladimir Putin, who said: “You are doing a very important and good thing - you are fighting rudeness.” The President was then presented with a T-shirt with the inscription “Stop Ham.”

How Stop Hama activists act

Project participants look for illegally parked cars that create interference for others, and if there is a driver in the car, they ask him to repark.

In case of refusal or in the absence of a driver, a round sticker with the text “I don’t care about anyone, I park where I want” is stuck on the windshield of the car. The process is often accompanied by conflicts with drivers who accuse activists of damaging property and fights.

Activists film their interactions with them on video cameras, after which they edit videos and post them on the Internet: on YouTube, VKontakte and on the official Stop Hama website. Videos bring good income to the movement: SocialBlade, a service for assessing the profitability of YouTube channels, has calculated that activists can earn up to $192 thousand per year from their channel.

In addition, in 2013, within the framework of presidential grants, Stop Ham received 4 million rubles for its activities, in 2014 - 6 million rubles, in 2015 - 8 million rubles.

Legal side of the issue

Most often, drivers accuse Stop Hama activists of illegal video recording (violation of privacy) and damaging property with stickers. However, in accordance with Art. 152.1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, a citizen’s consent to the publication of his image is not required if it was obtained when filming in places open to the general public. Lawyers also note that the sticker cannot be considered damage to property and poorly assess the prospects of bringing activists to administrative responsibility.

In 2015, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Justice for Moscow applied to the Moscow City Court to liquidate the organization and exclude information about it from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (USRLE) after the department “identified repeated gross violations of the law in the organization’s activities.” The court granted the requirements on October 12, 2015. This decision was not appealed, therefore, in the manner prescribed by law, information about the organization was excluded from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities.

Loud scandals with Stop Hama activists

The movement gained wide popularity in 2012 after a conflict near the Evropeisky shopping center in Moscow with the wife of the Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of Chechnya under the President of the Russian Federation Tamerlan Mingaev. The incident ended in a fight involving the official's son Islam Mingaev and his friends. A case of hooliganism was opened following the fight. After this, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, fired the official due to “inappropriate behavior of his wife.”

On April 18, 2013, activists asked Margaret Arakelyan, a consultant for the legal department of the Central Election Commission, to remove the car from the pedestrian crossing, but she refused and directed the car at one of the activists, almost running over him. The next day, the head of the Central Election Commission, Vladimir Churov, apologized for the behavior of the employee.

On July 8, 2013, Tatyana Smoryakova, the wife of the head of the Maryino district administration, Alexander Smoryakov, hit two movement activists who were trying to block her path on the sidewalk. The head of the council arrived at the scene and defended his wife, writing a statement against the activist. The parents of the downed activist arrived and filed a counterclaim for giving false testimony. The day after the conflict, Alexander Smoryakov resigned.

On February 10, 2015, in St. Petersburg, movement activists tried to stop a car driving along the sidewalk. As a result of the brawl, the young people were beaten, three were hospitalized with moderate injuries. Two participants in the attack on Stop Ham were later given suspended sentences.

One of the latest sensational episodes of Stop Ham’s activities was a brawl between a movement activist and Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics Alexei Nemov in February 2016 in Moscow.

Where does Stop Ham work?

There is no exact data on the number of movement activists. According to the leader of Stop Ham, Dmitry Chugunov, there are branches of the organization throughout Russia - in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and other cities.

According to one of the leaders of the Moscow “Stop Ham” Kirill Bunin, the movement holds four actions a week. The backbone of the Moscow “Stop Ham” includes about 40 people. About 60 more people participate in one-time events. Since 2014, the Stop Ham branch has been operating in Crimea.

There are also followers of the movement in Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus. Their legal status is unknown.

Evgeny Kozichev, Evgeny Fedunenko, Olga Kalinina, Dmitry Shelkovnikov

About liquidation social movement“StopHam” for numerous violations of the law and canceled the decision of the lower court.

A representative of the Ministry of Justice confirmed that one of the notices about violations committed by the organization was indeed not delivered, but at the same time asked the Supreme Court to leave the decisions of the Moscow City Court unchanged.

Like Gazeta.Ru, its excessive scandalousness could have led to an attempt to liquidate the once pro-Kremlin project. Sources close to the Kremlin noted that StopHam turned out to be a poorly managed project that received too many complaints.

Chugunov does not rule this out either, according to whom activists during their raids could have crossed the path of “the wrong people.”

“For six years, we did not make any exceptions for anyone, did not look at ranks or positions,

- Chugunov says to Gazeta.Ru. “And they showed these people in situations where they violate and are rude. It was possible to find a formal reason to close us, but in the end it only made us stronger. “Soon we will receive international status and open new branches abroad, in addition to those operating in Chisinau and Yerevan.”

The interlocutor noted that the positive decision of the Supreme Court on the appeal did not come as a surprise to them. “The decision of the Moscow City Court did not stand up to any criticism from a legal point of view,” notes Chugunov. —

For a very formal violation - a one-time failure to submit two types of reports - a decision was made not to fine, not to suspend activities, but immediately to liquidate. The decision was made in great haste and with many violations.

For example, we received a letter informing us that we needed to appear at the Moscow City Court on Friday evening, and the hearing was scheduled for Monday morning. That is, we were physically unable to receive the letter and prepare for the trial. Now we have presented irrefutable evidence that we are right.”

“In two months there will be a formal decision of the Moscow City Court, where the case was returned, and only then will our account be unblocked for management economic activity, he explains. “But this circumstance did not and does not prevent us from continuing our activities: activists take to the streets, which once again proves that we are a non-profit project. Yes, the lack of grants limits our opportunities and prevents us from actively developing, but this will not kill the movement.”

“StopHam” is a non-profit organization that opposes violations of traffic rules by drivers, in particular driving in pedestrian zones and parking in unauthorized places. Drivers who refuse activists’ request to stop violating traffic rules have to tear off large stickers from their car windows. Both ordinary drivers and well-known media personalities received stickers with the inscription “I don’t care about anyone, I park where I want” on their car windows - activists record all conflicts with violators on video and post them on the Internet.

Thus, previously “Stopkhamovites” had conflicts on the road with a director, a gymnast, the wife of the deputy plenipotentiary representative of Chechnya to the President of the Russian Federation, with the driver of Mikhail Trinoga, the head of the secretariat, and other famous people.

The StopHam project appeared in 2010 with the support of the pro-Kremlin youth movement Nashi. Largely due to this, the initiative of the activists was verbally supported by the then head. At the same time, StopHam was repeatedly criticized for provocation and violation of the law - damage to property. Many “heroes” of StopHama videos promised to go to the police with a statement, but in the end they did not do so.