Non -resistance to the film by violence

Acts of violence related to the film "Matilda" directed by Alexei Teacher cannot come from believers. This was stated by the head of the Synodal Department for Relations with Society and the Media Vladimir Legoyd, according to the website of the department.

“Not only the Orthodox Christian, but also to any believer, it would not occur to express his disagreement with something in a way that is dangerous for life and health of innocent people,” Legoada noted. “Whether it is a cinema or cars in Moscow,” all this speaks of a spiritual or spiritual unhealthy. ”

“We condemned, condemn, and we will condemn the actions of pseudo -religious radicals, no matter how religion they hide behind, because such actions are equally alien to the worldview of any believer,” the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church emphasized.

At the same time, Legoyda urged not to equalize the protests with similar episodes that take place in the legal field. "The position of the Orthodox community, people who pray in connection with the release of the film" Matilda "or send appeals to those on whom the decision on the rental depends, and acts of demonstrative violence - phenomena from different moral galaxies," he said.

On Monday, in Moscow, near the Office of the Bar Assistance Office, PEN & Paper, where ex-Senator Konstantin Dobrynin, representing the interests of the teacher, has been burning, three unknown people burned two cars . Near the burned cars, the attackers scattered the leaflets "burn for Matilda."

Dobrynin accused Natalya Poklonskaya, who advocated the ban on Matilda, of provoking the arson of State Duma deputy. “While Poklonskaya tells everyone about some claims of the relatives of the Holy Tsar and is trying to ban the film, her supporters continue to throw Molotov cocktails and burn,” the lawyer wrote. “In any case, we will ask questions to the deputy of the State Duma of Poklonskaya.”

This is the third arson, presumably committed by the opponents of Matilda. On September 4, in Yekaterinburg, the 39-year-old Orthodox fanatic Denis Murashov crashed into the front doors of the cinema hall "Cosmos" on his UAZ, after which he set fire to the car and escaped. The flame was transferred from the car to the building; The entrance to the "Cosmos" was completely burned out.

Murashov was soon detained. He explained his act with protest against the release of Matilda on the screens. On September 6, the arsonist was arrested. Part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code (intentional damage to property by arson) threatens him to five years in the colony.

On the night of August 31, in St. Petersburg, two unknown people threw the Molotov building with the Molotov Building Studio , which houses the Rock teacher. The flame was quickly extinguished. The police started a case of hooliganism. The media connected the incident with the closed show "Matilda", held in the city the day before.

The teacher’s film is dedicated to the novel by Nicholas II with the ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya. The campaign against him began last fall the former prosecutor of the annexed Crimea Poklonskaya. She submitted a number of denunciations to the director, in which she stated that “Russia is presented in the film as a country of gallows, drunkenness and fornication,” and in addition, the picture insults “persons officially canonized”, including Nicholas II. In this regard, Poklonskaya demanded to verify the legality of spending budget funds allocated for the shooting of Matilda.