The Khostinsky District Court of Sochi has fined Aleksey Kolyasnikov, leader of the Community of Christians religious group, 30,000 rubles for reading the Bible in a cafe. It is reported by "Newspaper. Ru” with reference to the pastor’s lawyer Alexander Popkov. The judge agreed with the decision of the magistrate, who had previously found Kolyasnikov guilty of organizing a public event without filing a notice of its holding (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

As reports on the social network Maksim Motin, deputy of the Pechatniki district, , the head of the district council, Sergei Grigoriev, was beaten in Pechatniki three days ago. Two people were waiting for him at the entrance of the house and started beating him without a word as soon as he went inside. However, at that time, another man entered the entrance and stood up for Grigoriev, after which the attackers disappeared.