The case of Viktor Krasnov was dismissed

Proceedings on the criminal case of an atheist from Stavropol, who was accused of insulting the feelings of believers, were terminated due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

15 February 2017 global Court of the Industrial District of Stavropol connection with the statute of limitations terminated criminal proceedings case against Viktor Krasnov, accused according to part 1 of Art. 148 of the Criminal Code (insulting religious feelings) for comments in the group "Overheard Stavropol" in the social network "VKontakte".

Recall grounds for initiating proceedings against Krasnov became several his remarks in the urban community in social network. As a staunch atheist, he rudely expressed his negative attitude to quotes from the Bible, made fun of over the interlocutor and generally stated that " Boch No! ", and then spoke about Halloween in the same manner. After that, his two his interlocutor filed applications in the police. Based on the results of a comprehensive psychological and linguistic expertise investigative department of the TFR for Industrial district of Stavropol filed a case under Part. 1 st. 148 of the Criminal Code. The case was transferred to court in November 2015. January 16, 2017 court proceedings resumed after half-year break for holding additional expertise, authors which confirmed that Krasnov insulted feelings of believers.

By According to Krasnov's lawyer Andrey Sabinin, justice of the peace considering the petition his client to terminate the criminal case, "for some reason additionally stated mandatory admission of guilt. Krasnov refused, "after which the judge retired to the meeting room. IN as a result, Krasnov's statement of the world court satisfied, and the case was dismissed.

WITH our point of view, in the actions of Krasnov there was no composition of Art. 148 of the Criminal Code, we considered excitation deeds to the contrary as illegal and violated his right to freedom conscience.

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