In the Urals, a case was opened against a Protestant church priest for justifying terrorism for a “sarcastic comment”

A criminal case was opened against a Protestant priest from the Sverdlovsk region, Eduard Charov, for justifying terrorism (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). this on Charov’s VKontakte page reported His wife drew attention to the post. , and the publication Novaya Gazeta Europe

According to the woman, the reason for the case was a “sarcastic comment on the Internet.” On January 31, security forces came to the “For Christ’s Sake” homeless shelter founded by Charov in the village of Savinovo near Krasnoufimsk. The preacher's tablet was confiscated.

The court ordered Charov to ban certain actions: he was prohibited from using the Internet and leaving the Krasnoufimsky district without the permission of the investigator.

Eduard Charov belongs to the “neo-Pentecostals,” a branch of Protestantism that the Russian Orthodox Church calls a “sect.” On his social networks , the preacher regularly criticizes the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian authorities. After mobilization was announced, he invited those who did not want to go to war to his shelter in Savinovo. For this, Charov was fined 65 thousand rubles under the protocol on “discrediting” the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code).