In St. Petersburg, a verdict was passed on vandalism motivated by political and ideological hatred
The court appointed Sergey Vasiliev a year of restriction of freedom for pro-Ukrainian inscriptions on city buildings. On December 1, 2022, the Justice of the Peace of Court District No. 164 of the Primorsky District of St. Petersburg sentenced Sergey Vasilyev to a year of restriction of freedom under Part 2 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code (vandalism motivated by political and ideological hatred). Earlier, on May 24, 2022, the Primorsky District Court arrested Vasiliev on this charge.