The Taganrog court fined a representative of the Society for Krishna Consciousness for holding a procession on June 22

The Taganrog court fined a representative of the Society for Krishna Consciousness for holding a procession on June 22 - the day the Great Patriotic War began - without notice.
September 30th 2016, it became known that the Taganrog City Court fined a member of the Taganrog community of the International Society for Consciousness Krishna Igor Borisovich Gaivoronsky for holding a religious procession without notifications.

The court found him guilty under Part 1 of Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation by the organizer of a public event of the established procedure for organizing or holding a meeting, rally, demonstration, procession or picketing) and imposed a fine of 10 thousand rubles.

occasion to initiate an administrative case, it was the holding of a procession by Hare Krishnas in the day the war began - June 22.

Commenting this news, a representative of the Taganrog diocese said: “ It is important to note that the court found no reason to consider the committed the offense was insignificant and saw a significant threat to the protected public interests, which was expressed in the disdainful attitude of the organizer measures to the public-legal duties that are assigned to him legislation. The court also stated that the event, declared as popularization a healthy lifestyle, was a religious rite. Among other things, in underage children were involved in this ritual. We hope that this will be a lesson for all those who, bending before aliens to our culture with ideals, ready to dance on the bones of our fathers and grandfathers .

Sources

• Organizer of Hare Krishna public event in Taganrog brought to administrative responsibility // Official website of the Taganrog deanery of the Rostov-on-Don diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. 2016. September 30.
• The Taganrog city court did not appreciate the Hare Krishna dances at the monument to Peter I // Notebook. 2016. October 3.