With excessive enthusiasm

The Russian Orthodox Church called the “big excess” the decision of the Vladivostok justice of the peace on the destruction of the Bible and other religious literature on the “Yarova Law”. This was reported by "Vedomosti".

On December 20, the judge of the world plot No. 4 of the Leninsky Judicial District of Vladivostok Alexander Badeev found the "salvation army" guilty of violating part 3 of Article 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses on the labeling of religious publications. The judge was fined by 30 thousand rubles. The seized 36 Russian and four English copies of the Bible, as well as other religious literature, decided to destroy Badeev.

“Roughly speaking, for illegal missionary activities - not terrorist or extremist - the organization is punishable by the destruction of the Bible. This is a large disorder that causes concern. Perhaps it is worth talking about amendments to the law so that such a sanction as the destruction of the Bible is not applied,” said the head of the legal service of the Moscow Patriarchate of Chernoga.

According to Chernoga, the Russian Orthodox Church otherwise interprets "anti -terrorist" amendments. The “Army of Salvation” was not the publisher of the book, which means that it was not responsible for its marking, the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church believes.

The judge went beyond the scope of authority, deciding to destroy the seized books, said lawyer Mikhail Frolov. The Code of Administrative Offenses is spelled out only of confiscation, and then the Russian federal property fund is displayed by the seized items. "These books are seized, but not forbidden - in the end, they can be marked and used as intended," the lawyer said.

On July 6, Vladimir Putin signed a package of "anti -terrorism" laws . Their authors were the head of the State Duma Committee on the Safety of Unicorn Irina Yarovka and her single -party, as well as the chairman of the defense of the defense of the Council of Defense, Viktor Ozerov.

Among other things, one of the laws of the package significantly limits the possibilities of missionary activity. In particular, it is forbidden to "carry out missionary activities in residential premises." Foreigners and stateless persons are allowed to preach only on behalf of the religious organization and only in the territories of those subjects of the Federation that are in the document on the registration of the organization.

In addition, missionary activities aimed at "violation of public safety and public order, extremist activity, coercion to destroy the family, encroachment on the personality, rights and freedoms of citizens, and the infliction of moral damage and health of citizens". The provision on the mandatory labeling of the distributed religious literature was also introduced.