Russian blogger Savva Terentyev is being charged for inciting hatred toward the authorities for a post that, among other things, labeled the police “uneducated representatives of the animal world.”

Terentyev said Wednesday that the charges were a result of a February 2007 posting in which he chastised local authorities for raiding an opposition newspaper.

Terentyev’s comments, first published by The Associated Press, come amid a government crackdown on Russian internet and media outlets.