In Bashkiria, an Orthodox parish was fined for a service that caused an outbreak of coronavirus

The Sterlitamak city court fined the rural parish in Bashkiria for holding during the period of the epidemic-related restrictions church services with the participation of parishioners, which resulted in the outbreak of COVID-19.

On August 19, it became known that Sterlitamaksky the city court fined the Orthodox parish of the Church of Michael the Archangel in the village Ishparsovo (Bashkiria) for holding services in May 2020 with the participation of parishioners, as a result, believers contracted the coronavirus and were hospitalized. IN during this period, the decision of Rospotrebnadzor was in force on the territory of the republic on the prevention of mass events in connection with the epidemic.

The court found the religious organization guilty under Part 2 Art. 6.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (violation of legislation in the field of providing sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population, expressed in violation of current sanitary rules and hygiene standards, non-fulfillment of sanitary-hygienic and anti-epidemic measures in the period of implementation of restrictive measures in the relevant territory (quarantine)) and imposed a fine of 200 thousand rubles on her.

Recall that earlier for a similar offense was was fined . a rural parish in the Kemerovo region

Sources

• Sterlitamak city court of the Republic of Belarus considered the case of an administrative offense against a local religious organization // Website of the Sterlitamak City Court. 2020. August 19.
• The court fined the Orthodox parish in Bashkiria for the outbreak of COVID-19 // Interfax-religion. 2020. August 21.