MOSCOW, November 24. The head of the Safe Internet League, Ekaterina Mizulina, said that three criminal cases had been opened against the singer Eduard Charlotte.
“Three criminal cases have been opened against the Russophobe blogger, LGBT propagandist Charlotte, by the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee in the Samara Region,” Mizulina wrote in her Telegram channel.
According to her, two cases are under Article 354.1 (rehabilitation of Nazism), and the third is under Article 148 (violation of the right to freedom of conscience and religions).
A native of Samara, Eduard Charlotte is a Russian singer and blogger, best known for his song “Cheek for Cheek” (14.5 million views of the video on YouTube) and outrageous behavior.
In June, Charlotte posted a video of himself burning his passport. He stated that he no longer considered himself a citizen of Russia and would go to Kyiv. However, in mid-November, the singer asked his subscribers for money for a return ticket to his homeland.
On Wednesday, at the St. Petersburg Pulkovo airport, the singer, who arrived from Armenia, was met by a police squad. The artist apologized for burning his passport; Mizulina published the corresponding video on her Telegram channel.