The Vologda regional court released from punishment the editor of a newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad
On May 25, the cassation instance of the Vologda Regional Court considered the complaint of Anna Smirnova, former editor-in-chief of the local newspaper Nash Region, against the guilty verdict handed down by the city court in connection with the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in the newspaper. The regional court released A. Smirnova from punishment. However, as Gazeta.Ru writes, "the journalist failed to achieve a full acquittal this time either.