The activist priest was accused of extremism

In the Mezhdorechensk of the Kemerovo region, the priest of the Association of Christian Eucharistic Commons, opened by Gaia and antimilitar, Alexander Khmelev was charged with extremism (he does not have accurately information about the OVD-Info accusation), which he reported on his Facebook page.

On May 19, Khmelev received a summons at the ATS from a criminal investigation officer. In the police department, employees told him that they found a symbol similar to the swastika on his pages on social networks somewhere, and also demonstrated an expert’s conclusion, which spoke of some extremist materials. A laptop was seized from Khmelev and left a temporary imprisonment in the department in the department until the morning. In the morning there was to be a court as it was suppressed, on which, according to the priest, the prosecution would insist on arrest. But for some reason, the court was transferred to Tuesday. Khmelev was interrogated (he denied guilt) and released home.

Later, the New Gazeta wrote that the case was instituted on Khmeleva under Art. 20.3 Code of Administrative Offenses (“Propaganda or public demonstration of Nazi paraphernalia or symbolism, or attributes or symbols of extremist organizations, or other paraphernalia or symbols, propaganda or public demonstration of which are prohibited by federal laws”) and which, apparently, the occasion was the publication of the tamga-the sign of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people. Majlis was recognized as an extremist organization and is prohibited , but this decision has not yet entered into force.