Kurgan: convicted of vandalism

In mid-June 2010, the Kurgan City Court issued a verdict in the case of Dmitry Shuravin, accused of writing xenophobic graffiti on the walls of the city's cathedral mosque in April 2010.

D. Shuravin was found guilty under Part 2 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (vandalism motivated by national and religious hatred) and sentenced to 1 year probation.

Sources

• Under the control of the Department of the Prosecutor General's Office in the Ural Federal District, a set of additional measures is being implemented in all territories of the federal district to strengthen counteraction to extremism. // Official website of the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation in the Urals Federal District. 2010. June 17.