Kamchatka police refused to initiate a case for a caricature of Poklonskaya and Nicholas II

The Kamchatka police refused to initiate a case of insulting feelings

believers in the artist Denis Lopatin because of the caricature of State Duma deputy Natalia Poklonskaya and Emperor Nicholas II. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Kamchatka Territory, Alla Ivanova. However, the work will be sent for examination.

Earlier, the city police received several complaints from Orthodox activists outraged by a caricature they saw at an exhibition of the artist's paintings. The activists demanded to open a criminal case under Art. 148 of the Criminal Code (violation of the right to freedom of conscience and religion) and Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity).

Ivanova said that photos of this painting will be sent for examination, and if she establishes the offensive nature of the poster, the materials will be sent to the Investigative Committee, reports . Interfax

Denis Lopatin himself explained that the painting, which angered the activists, did not participate in the exhibition, but was in a separate room. Previously, it was used at a rally in support of Alexei Uchitel's film Matilda, which tells about the love story of Tsar Nicholas II and the ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya.

Natalya Poklonskaya, as well as many Orthodox activists, opposed the release of the film.