Kamchatka: in the call of the priest to deal with the artist did not find extremism

The Kamchatka prosecutor’s office did not find extremism in the words of a local clergyman who called for reprisal against the artist Denis Lopatin, who painted the caricature of Tsar Nicholas II and deputy Natalia Poklonskaya. The representative of the department Anatoly Shcherbakov told IA Kam 24 that, according to the results of the verification of violations of the legislation, it was not seen and the criminal case against the representative of the church will not be initiated.

Earlier, one of the YouTube channels appeared a video message of a person in the image of a clergyman against the background of the altar in the temple and an icon in the frame. He urged to find courage and determination and hard to punish the cartoonist Lopatin. The reason for dissatisfaction, apparently, was the picture of the artist, which depict images similar to State Duma deputy Natalia Poklonskaya and Tsar Nicholas II with the signature of "Find a man of a man."

“Punish him so that neither he himself, nor like the Jewish bulletin, never dare to dare, say, write or create anything against the anointed of God, who is the redemption of the conciliar sin of the Russian people. Punish him for the glory of God,” the representative of the church said.

According to local media, at first law enforcement officers promised to study this video, since during the initial viewing they saw calls for harm to human health and life. However, according to the results of the audit, the violations were not found.

In February 2017, deputy Natalya Poklonskaya, having learned herself in the heroine of the caricature , sent a deputy request to the Investigative Committee of the Kamchatka Territory, stating that the image insults her personally and the Orthodox faith. The investigator refused to initiate a criminal case against Lopatin. Later, she sent several more similar statements addressed to the head of the department, Alexander Bastrykin.

Caricaturist Lopatin was forced to leave Russia, fearing criminal prosecution. The editors of Siberia. Reali said that he received a similar hint from the investigator. Kamchatka artist is now asking for political asylum in France.