In Vologda, a magistrate dismissed a criminal case against two teenagers who were accused of vandalism (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code) because of inscriptions about the president on the regional government building. The local publication GorodVo reported this on April 20 with reference to the press service of the courts of the Vologda region.
reported The minors were prescribed compulsory educational measures in the form of a warning and transfer to the supervision of their fathers for a year. The defendants in the case admitted guilt, repented and compensated for material damage in the amount of 3,280 rubles, Vologda Region publication.
notes According to investigators, teenagers wrote insults against Vladimir Putin on the wall of the regional government building while participating in a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on January 23. Rallies in support of the opposition politician, who was detained after returning to Russia from Germany, took place throughout the country that day.