T. Kvitkovskaya and K. Frolov demand that the slogan “Kill Kirill” be recognized as extremist and that the media that reported on it be punished

July 30, 2012 Chairman of the Board of the Public Committee on Human Rights Tatyana Kvitkovskaya appealed to the General the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation with a request to recognize the slogan "Kill Kirill" as extremist and issue a warning to the media, published this slogan.

We are talking about an incident at Boryspil airport during a visit Patriarch Kirill to Ukraine on July 26. Among those who met the patriarch was an activist groups "Femen", asking for the patriarch naked to the waist and the inscription "Kill Kirill" on the back.

According to the applicant, “the semantics of the phrase “Kill Kirill "is of an incentive nature, and the reproduction of the specified phrases is an incitement to commit murder based on religious hatred and enmity and on the grounds of hatred or enmity against social group of believers of the Russian Orthodox Church. Said call-slogan aimed at humiliating the human dignity of Orthodox believers sign of attitude towards religion .

Moreover, T. Kvitkovskaya claims that this slogan “reflects real intent to commit murder and a call to commit the murder of the Patriarch Cyril " , because. on Femen website he is accompanied by a photograph of a woman holding a gun.

In this regard, the applicant asks the prosecutor's office to admit slogan with extremist material, but those who spoke about the incident during the meeting media patriarch - Dozhd TV channel and Credo.ru portal - issue a warning on the inadmissibility of extremist activity.

Femen website T. Kvitkovskaya proposes to close it as extremist.

A similar appeal was made to the Prosecutor General's Office by the head of the Association Orthodox experts Kirill Frolov. He demands to open a criminal case against Credo.ru and Dozhd under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting religious hatred).

Sources

• The Human Rights Committee sent a statement to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation calling for the murder of Patriarch Kirill // Orthodoxy and the world. 2012. July 30.
• Kirill Frolov asks the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation to check the Dozhd TV channel and Portal-Credo.Ru for the presence of "elements of extremism, as well as compliance with Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation" // Portal-Credo.ru. 2012. July 30.