A picketer demanding the release of Ioann Kurmoyarov was detained in St. Petersburg

In St. Petersburg, Dmitry Kuzmin was detained, holding a single picket near the Kazan Cathedral with a poster “Freedom for the priest Ioann Kurmoyarov.” He himself told OVD-Info about this.

He is being taken, presumably, to police department No. 28.

A lawyer from OVD-Info, Igor Skachko, is going to see the detained Dmitry Kuzmin at OP 28.

20:00 Kuzmin was released after drawing up a protocol on violation of the “Covid” regime (Article 8.-6-1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of St. Petersburg).

20:24 - On August 30, Hieromonk Ioann Kurmoyarov was sentenced to three years in prison in the case of distributing “fakes” about the Russian army based on political hatred (clause “e”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The reason for the criminal prosecution of Kurmoyarov was several videos, including a video where he says that Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine will not go to heaven, but to hell. “In heaven there are “blessed are the peacemakers,” “peacemakers,” do you understand what the problem is? And those who unleashed aggression will not be in heaven,” said the hieromonk.