In Krasnodar, the case against the poet, who was accused of inciting hatred towards atheists, was dropped
In Krasnodar, investigator Sergei Pidshmorga decided to drop the criminal case against 42-year-old poet Maxim Drozdov, who was suspected of inciting hatred against atheists. Mediazona reports this. According to Andrei Sabinin, a lawyer for the international human rights group Agora, and Alexei Avanesyan, the investigation concluded that atheists cannot be members of a religious group.