Artist Yulia Tsvetkova left Russia

Artist from Komsomolsk-on-Amur Yulia Tsvetkova, acquitted in the case of drawings of vulvas, left Russia with her mother and cat. about this on Facebook . told Her mother Anna Khodyreva

The case against the artist was opened in November 2019. Tsvetkova was accused of distributing pornography (clause “b” of Part 3 of Article 242 of the Criminal Code) due to publications in the public page “Vagina Monologues”.

The prosecution demanded that Tsvetkova be sentenced to three years and two months in prison, but she was acquitted . The prosecutor's office subsequently appealed this decision. As a result, the regional court finally acquitted the artist.

After the initiation of the case, Tsvetkova was twice fined for promoting “non-traditional” sexual relationships among minors (Part 2 of Article 6.21 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) due to public posts about feminism and LGBT and a drawing in support of LGBT families. In early June, the Ministry of Justice added the artist to the media list of “foreign agents.”