Vandal who desecrated graves charged in Yoshkar-Ola
On October 24, 2009, students of the Mari cooperative technical school, passing by the Tikhvin Church, tore out two crosses on the graves located near the church. On the same day, the vandals were arrested. The criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 244 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (desecration of the bodies of the dead and burial places). On January 21, 2010, it became known that one of the detainees, Roman D., was charged.