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A resident of Cheboksary was sentenced to correctional labor in the case of damaging the Z-symbol
A 56-year-old resident of Cheboksary was sentenced to eight months of correctional labor for damage to the Z-symbol. The “Angry Chuvashia” telegram channel is about this.
reports The man was found guilty of vandalism (Part 1 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code). He did not admit guilt, but partially compensated for the damage. 10 percent of his earnings during correctional labor will be withheld in favor of the state.
A resident of Cheboksary was charged with two counts. According to the investigation, on January 9, he destroyed a metal structure in the shape of the letter Z at the Victory memorial complex, kicking and punching it, and on January 14, he shot metal balls from a slingshot at the door of the State Archives, on which there was a sticker in the shape of the letter Z.
The man was searched, during which the security forces found metal balls for a slingshot and shoes, the pattern on the sole of which coincided with the footprints left in the snow in the park.
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