To the three years in prison, the ex-priest of the Russian Orthodox Church John Kurmoyarov sentenced

The Kalininsky court of St. Petersburg sentenced the former priest John Kurmoyarov to three years in a general regime colony on charges of distributing “fakes” about the army, the correspondent of “Paper” from the courtroom said.

Details . The prosecutor's office demanded seven years for Kurmoyarov. Earlier, activists said that at one of the last meetings, the judge commented on the upcoming sentence with the words: “What is written in the article will receive! And my hand will not flinch. "

Previously, Kramoyarov pleaded guilty to the spread of "fakes" about the army. “The investigation is completed. I pleaded guilty. Further I am not going to continue this activity, as it will aggravate my situation, ”Khermoyarova quoted Zaks.ru quoted.

What the ex-priest is accused of . According to investigators, Kurmoyarov distributed “fakes” on his Utuub channel “Orthodox virtual parish” with 5 thousand subscribers, where he discussed about the Russian military in Ukraine. The accusation insists on the maintenance of a man in a pre -trial detention center, since he lived in Ukraine for several years and allegedly hide from the court with the help of relatives abroad.

Kramoyarov himself noted that he has neither relatives in Europe, nor visas for crossing the border.

What you need to know . 54-year-old John Kurmoyarov was detained on June 8. He is pursued for an 8-minute video called “ Who will be in hell, and who is in paradise? »On the topic of war in Ukraine. In the video, Karmoyarov says: “In paradise they find themselves ...“ Blessed peacekeepers. ” <...> And those who unleashed aggression will not be in paradise. ”

Prior to this, in the summer of 2020, Kramoyarov criticized the new temple of the Ministry of Defense, comparing it with the "pagan temple": the clergyman was outraged by "Soviet symbols and cap of Hitler." After a year and a half, he demanded that Sergei Shoigu be held accountable for insulting the feelings of believers due to the construction of the temple.

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