A Muscovite was fined under the article on desecration of religious symbols due to the publication of photographs.

On March 9, a court in Moscow fined local resident Pavel Petryakov 30,000 rubles under the article on desecration of religious symbols (part 2, article 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). attention to the court's decision . drew The Information and Analytical Center "Sova"

The Solntsevsky District Court of Moscow found Petryakov guilty of publishing in the public domain images in January 2023 that “publicly desecrate religious literature and objects of religious veneration.” The man pleaded guilty and deleted the post.

In the case file there is a conclusion of experts from the ANO Center for Sociocultural Expertise. According to them, in photographic images, the Christian symbol of the cross was used in an “obscene gesture” with an inscription “ridiculing the very desire to profess Christianity”, the cross of St. Peter was shown as a symbol of Satanism, and the symbolic meaning of the Star of David was ridiculed through comparison with the appearance of viruses.

Sova analysts note that, apparently, we are talking about photo collages and such publications do not involve active actions with religious objects, which means they should not be interpreted as desecration of religious paraphernalia.