You're reading: RFE/RL: Russian feminist blogger probed for potential hate speech against men

RFE/RL: Russian feminist blogger probed for potential hate speech against men

Published Aug. 25, 2018. Updated Aug. 25 at 11:28 am

(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 30, 2016 a man walks past the headquarters of the FSB security service, the successor to the KGB in central Moscow.US President Donald Trump's administration on March 15, 2018 announced sanctions against Russians accused of trying to influence the 2016 election and of involvement in other separate cyberattacks. Senior security officials said the sanctions target five entities and 19 individuals."The administration is confronting and countering malign Russian cyber activity, including their attempted interference in US elections, destructive cyber-attacks, and intrusions targeting critical infrastructure," said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. / AFP PHOTO / VASILY MAXIMOV

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A self-described “radical feminist” in Russia is facing potential criminal charges over social-media posts that she says investigators could deem hate speech against men.

Lyubov Kalugina, a 31-year-old blogger in the Siberian city of Omsk, said this week that investigators have opened a preliminary probe into material dating back to 2013 that she posted on the Russian social-networking site VKontakte.