Moscow refused to forgive the young vandals who mocked the monument in Sevastopol
16 year old teenagers, who filmed a laughing video about how they light a cigarette from the Eternal Flame at the Memorial to the Victims of the Civil War in Sevastopol, they hoped in vain for a mild punishment in the form of a fine after We recorded an apology and took part in a community cleanup event.
The day before it became known that the case of teenagers from Sevastopol was taken over by Moscow. This happened after the intervention of the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin. He instructed Crimean investigators to withdraw from the court the petition to terminate the criminal case and transfer it to the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
If previously teenagers faced a fine and community service under Part 2 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (vandalism), now Article 243 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (destruction or damage to an object of cultural heritage) has been added to it. Now, depending on the circumstances, the culprits may be fined up to two million rubles and sent to jail for several years.
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol Anton Parkhomenko continues to stand up for teenagers. He supported the decision of the local security forces to limit punishment in the form of a fine and community service, and now he is perplexed why a signal was received from Moscow that the incident would be classified under a more stringent article.
“Out of curiosity, I looked at the news on the Sledkom website - there has never been such a thing where there was such careful control over such a minor issue. Moscow takes over the case, which means that the locals couldn’t cope or don’t trust them.
Visible public reaction asking for a proportionate punishment also went ignored. I don’t know if people in the capital understand this, but the image of the law enforcement agency in our city is rapidly declining after such actions.
One gets the impression that all the best forces are being devoted to punishing some minor hooligans, while much more serious crimes, including corruption, have not gone away. Where is the logic here, why do they want to punish so harshly and so demonstrably?” – asks Parkhomenko.
Let us recall that the construction of a monument to the victims of the Civil War in Sevastopol was initiated by presidential adviser Alexander Medinsky. The appearance of the monument was opposed by the local organization of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, which takes a militant position, refusing reconciliation with the White movement. The communists tried to hold a protest on the day of the opening of the monument, but were not allowed to attend the ceremony by the police.
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