In St. Petersburg, a criminal case was opened against priest Ioann Kurmoyarov for “fakes” about the Russian army

In St. Petersburg, a criminal case was opened against priest and doctor of theology Ioann Kurmoyarov under the article on disseminating “fake stories” about the Russian army (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Baza telegram channel is about this.

​reports The case was opened because of a video that Kurmoyarov published in March. The video said that Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine will go to hell, not heaven. “In heaven there are “blessed are the peacemakers,” “peacemakers,” do you understand what the problem is? And those who unleashed aggression will not be in heaven,” the priest said.

Linguists who examined the video came to the conclusion that Kurmoyarov “expresses deliberately false information about the RF Armed Forces.” On June 7, security forces conducted a search of the believer and seized equipment, two icons, a wooden cross and a cassock. The man was detained.

*The news title has been changed due to an error: it was previously reported that Ioann Kurmoyarov is a former priest, but he is a current priest. *Russian Orthodox Church Abroad under the omophorion of Metropolitan Agafangel - In 2020, Metropolitan Ioann Kurmoyarova in ministry after the latter criticized the main temple of the armed forces, which then opened in the Moscow region. “This is another example of how Orthodoxy is turning into banal paganism with its temples, heavenly patrons, icons of military branches, professional temples,” Kurmoyarov wrote on his Facebook. Later ban. However, he was not allowed to teach at the Novosibirsk Theological Seminary, where the priest had previously worked, and to remain in the same diocese. After this, Kurmoyarov left the city. The ban on writing was removed - Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code in March 2022 - in this way the government responded to anti-war speeches and statements, as well as the dissemination of information about the war that did not come from official Russian sources. For spreading “fake news” you can get up to 15 years in prison. included - Anti-war speeches and statements become grounds for criminal prosecution. OVD-Info about famous criminal cases. tells