A Muscovite was fined one thousand rubles for mentioning a prohibited slogan about Orthodoxy.

A resident of the capital, Maxim Kabaev, was found guilty under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses because of a photograph of a leaflet with the slogan "Orthodoxy or death."

On June 29, 2022, the Preobrazhensky District Court of Moscow fined a local resident, Maxim Kabaev, a thousand rubles. He was found guilty under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (production and distribution of prohibited materials).

The protocol against Kabaev was drawn up because of a photograph with the slogan "Orthodoxy or death" published on VKontakte. When exactly the Muscovite posted the publication on the social network is not reported in the court order.

The slogan "Orthodoxy or death!" was banned by the Cheryomushkinsky District Court of Moscow in 2010 and included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials under number 865. We believe that it is illegally banned because, although it is popular among the aggressive part of representatives of some Orthodox organizations (for example, the Union of Orthodox Banner Bearers), historically it is interpreted not as a death wish for the non-Orthodox, but as a contrast between Orthodoxy and spiritual death, and the vast majority of those who use this slogan in one way or another understand it in this way.

Sources

• Resolution on the case of an administrative offense No. 05-1267/2022 // Preobrazhensky District Court of Moscow. 2022. June 29.