Harabin Did Not Commit a Crime by Denying Russian Aggression, a Court in Slovakia Ruled

A Slovak specialized court on Friday acquitted former Supreme Court President and Justice Minister Štefan Harabin, who was facing charges for denying Russian aggression in Ukraine. According to the court, he did not commit a crime. The court's verdict is not final.

The decision is not yet final.

It is good that law and justice have come, even if only in the third stage, said Štefan Harabin

Bratislava - Former Slovak Minister of Justice and former head of the Supreme Court, Štefan Harabin, did not commit a crime when he approved of Russian aggression in Ukraine in a social media post. A Slovak court has ruled that the verdict is not yet final, and the prosecutor has announced an appeal to the Supreme Court.

At the trial, Harabin, as in the past, verbally attacked the prosecutor, for example, saying that the prosecutor was committing a crime in the case and defaming Slovakia. His sympathizers came to the announcement of the verdict.

Stefan Harabin was acquitted of charges in the case of approving the war in Ukraine. After the invasion began, he wrote that he would have done the same as Putin and spoke of pacifying the Nazis. According to the judge of the specialized court, the act being prosecuted is not a crime, the decision is not final. Prosecutor to appeal The prosecutor of the former Special Prosecutor's Office filed…