Moscow: anti-Semitic poet sentenced

Zamoskvoretsky court Moscow fined the poet Nikolai Bogolyubov, in whose books the examination saw signs of incitement to hatred of Jews.

On April 18, 2016, the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow ruled conviction of the poet Nikolai Bogolyubov. He was found guilty under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity) and Part 1 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activities).

Conducted psychological and linguistic expertise saw in his books "Russian fire”, “Flame of Russian fate”, “Dawn is near!” and "General Petr Krasnov - warrior of holy Rus'" "hostile attitude of the author towards people of Jewish nationality". The author distributed these books at his poetry evening.

The court sentenced N. Bogolyubov to a year of corrective labor with withholding 10% of earnings, as well as a fine of 200 thousand rubles. Bogolyubov his guilt He did not recognize and intends to appeal the decision of the court.

As part of a joint project of the SOVA Center and the Russian Jewish Congress .

Sources

• Poet Bogolyubov convicted of extremism // RenTV. 2016. April 18.