
Promotions, similar to performances of groups "War" and Pussy Riot, can become criminally punishable. According to Izvestia, the deputy from Fair Russia, a member of the public organization "Officers of Russia", the Major General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Tatyana Moskalkova, made the initiative to amend the Criminal Code. She intends to petition the State Duma on the introduction of a criminal article “For attempted morality and a gross violation of the rules of the hostel, for actions encroaching on the honor and dignity of citizens, moral principles of society”.
"This does not mean that the article will enter specifically for Pussy Riot. Our religious, spiritual, cultural and historical shrines, as well as moral values, remain unprotected by law. It is necessary to preserve moral and moral norms and principles that have been observed in the state for centuries. If a person wants to walk naked along the street, showing special places and institutions," " Moskalkov.
On the eve of the Chairman of the Committee on Family, Women and Children, Elena Mizulina, General Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika with a request to punish the Pussy Riot group for a promotion in the supermarket of St. Petersburg with frozen chicken, as well as check all the members of the group for such hooligan actions. It is worth noting that none of the Pussy Riot participants in this action, who are now arrested, did not take part in this action.
The process in the case of participants in the punk group Pussy Riot, accused of hooliganism in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, will begin on July 20. "The criminal case will be considered by Judge Marina Syrov, on July 20, preliminary hearings in the criminal case will be held," said the representative of the court. She recalled that preliminary hearings are held by the judge single -handedly closed. "During the preliminary hearings, the issue of extending or canceling a preventive measure for the accused is being decided," the agency’s interlocutor said.
On July 12, the criminal case was transferred to the Khamovnican Court. Investigators transferred the case to the prosecutor to approve the indictment on the eve. “I know that today they want to transfer the case today. That is, the prosecutor’s office, it turns out, will get acquainted with him formally. And even if it is suddenly handed over tomorrow, it is clear that no one will read seven volumes during this time,” said Violetta Volkova’s lawyer. According to her, the accused asked that their case be considered a judge alone.
Participants of the February Punk-Molebne in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior Tolokonnikov, Samutsevich and Maria Alekhina have been in custody since March. They are accused of hooliganism, committed by an organized group of persons by prior conspiracy based on religious hatred (part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code), they face up to seven years in prison.