The court did not find any signs of desecration of the cross in the action with the coffin

Andrei Nevrov, an activist from Orel, was acquitted under Art. 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.

28 December 2016 world Court of Judicial District No. 3 Sovetsky district of the city of Orel stopped production in a case initiated under Part 2 of Art. 5.26 Administrative Code (intentional public desecration religious objects, signs or emblems of the worldview symbols and paraphernalia) against pensioner Andrei Nevrov. The court considered that in the actions of Nevrov absent composition of an administrative offense, because they do not qualify desecration. The decision of the court has not yet entered into force.

Recall On December 7, 2016, Nevrov held an action against Oryol Governor Vadim Potomsky: he brought to Lenin Square in the capital of the region, a model of a coffin with an inscription "Mind, honor, conscience of Potomsky" and cross on the lid. The activist was taken to the police department. The model of the coffin was seized and sent for examination, seeing in shares an insult to the governor, however later the case was brought under Art. 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. Earlier Nevrov also several times arrested and charged with petty hooliganism for actions criticizing local authorities, but the courts stopped administrative affairs.

We agree with court decision: persecution Nevrov under Art. 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses was illegal. His action was exclusively political meaning, not religious, and besides, putting a cross on the coffin in any case can't be considered an insult. religious symbol, since the cross - traditional coffin design element.

Sources

• The court did not find an administrative offense in the actions of Orlovets Andrey Nevrov // Website of the Soviet District Court of the city of Orel. 2016. December 28.