{"id":120511,"date":"2026-08-19T04:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T01:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/the-penalty-received-by-a-russian-retiree-who-shot-with-a-rifle-at-drones-buzzing-around-his-house\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T16:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:02:11","slug":"the-penalty-received-by-a-russian-retiree-who-shot-with-a-rifle-at-drones-buzzing-around-his-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/the-penalty-received-by-a-russian-retiree-who-shot-with-a-rifle-at-drones-buzzing-around-his-house\/","title":{"rendered":"The penalty received by a Russian retiree who shot with a rifle at drones buzzing around his house"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Russian retiree is liable after opening fire on drones flying near his residence, according to Moscow press reports, quoted by EFE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The man was fined by a court in the village of Ilan in the Volgograd region, reported to the Viorstka publication, according to Agerpres.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pensioner has to pay 40,000 rubles, approximately 470 dollars, after he tried to shoot down drones with a rifle.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the incident, the man called the emergency number to report the attack, indicating the location where the alleged remnants of the destroyed drones would have been.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When he attacked the decision, the retiree clarified in his defense that he used the weapon because he was &#8220;afraid for public safety and the lives of those around him&#8221;, considering that unidentified drones could be potential sabotage devices, writes the independent Russian publication <a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/news\/2026\/08\/17\/russian-pensioner-fined-for-trying-to-shoot-down-drones-with-shotgun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meduza<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His appeal was rejected, the judge stating that he found no evidence &#8220;that his actions were forced or that he faced a danger that could not have been eliminated by other means&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Details, <a href=\"https:\/\/hotnews.ro\/sanctiunea-primita-de-un-pensionar-rus-care-a-tras-cu-pusca-in-drone-care-roiau-in-jurul-casei-2327193\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Russian retiree is liable after opening fire on drones flying near his residence, according to Moscow press reports, quoted by EFE. The man was fined by a court in the village of Ilan in the Volgograd region, reported to the Viorstka publication, according to Agerpres. The pensioner has to pay 40,000 rubles, approximately 470<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":93065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1135],"tags":[8923,12422,19235,19236,1146,11492],"class_list":["post-120511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-foreign-affairs-en","tag-drone-en","tag-penalty","tag-retiree","tag-rifle","tag-rusia-en","tag-selection"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The penalty received by a Russian retiree who shot with a rifle at drones buzzing around his house - DISINFO.MD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/the-penalty-received-by-a-russian-retiree-who-shot-with-a-rifle-at-drones-buzzing-around-his-house\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The penalty received by a Russian retiree who shot with a rifle at drones buzzing around his house - DISINFO.MD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Russian retiree is liable after opening fire on drones flying near his residence, according to Moscow press reports, quoted by EFE. 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