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Vladimir Pozner asked Patriarch Kirill and Putin if his criminal punishment was waiting for atheism
TV presenter Vladimir Pozner, on the air of Channel One, commented on the sentence to Blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky, who was given 3.5 years conditionally for insulting the feelings of believers.
“I would like to remind you that when the law on insulting the feelings of believers was adopted <...>, many warned that it would be used to persecute the opponents of the church. So it happened, ”Posner said.
The TV presenter noted that he considers himself an atheist, and asked Patriarch Kirill, Vladimir Putin and the chairman of the Constitutional Court Valery Zorkin to answer, “if his court and“ soft sentence ”expects, as Sokolovsky.
- I, as you know, is an atheist, therefore, I believe that there is no God. I'm not just running around and shout "No, no!" From morning to evening, but I do not hide my beliefs. I would like to get comprehensive explanations: confessing this view, I violate the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation?
The verdict of the Yekaterinburg blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky was announced on May 11. In the Russian Orthodox Church, he was called to regard the punishment "as a sign of mercy."