The 9th Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in Vladivostok overturned the acquittal of artist Yulia Tsvetkova. This is reported by lawyer Alexander Pikhovkin in his telegram channel.
The case was sent for a new trial to the court in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Tsvetkova is accused of distributing pornography (paragraph “b” of part 3 of Article 242 of the Criminal Code) because of publications in the public “Vagina Monologues”.
At the first consideration of the criminal case of Tsvetkova, in the summer of 2022, she was acquitted by the court in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. After that, the prosecutor's office appealed against the acquittal, but the regional court also took the side of the artist. After that, in November 2022, Tsvetkova left Russia with her mother and cat.
After the case was opened, Tsvetkova was fined twice for promoting “non-traditional” sexual relations among minors (part 2 of article 6.21 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) due to public pages about feminism and LGBT and a drawing in support of LGBT families. In early June, the Ministry of Justice added the artist to the list of media outlets as «foreign agents.» alt=»1″ />Monologues of security officials. The court acquitted the artist Yulia Tsvetkova, who published drawings of the vulva