The Preobrazhensky District Court of Moscow fined local resident Vladimir Safonov 1 thousand rubles, who kicked a girl out of the carriage, mistaking her for a man because of her short haircut. This was reported by the joint press service of the city courts.
Safonov chased the girl through the entire carriage and called her “a disgrace to the Russian people.” He was found guilty under the protocol of petty hooliganism (Part 1 of Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code).
The girl's name is Nastya Ermak. On July 10, she published a video from the metro on her Telegram channel and spoke in detail about what happened.
Ermak was traveling in the carriage with a friend. A man approached them, started filming them and said: “Get the fuck off the train, faggots.” Then he began to pursue the young people, continuing to say “they got off the wagon, scum,” “shame on the Russians,” “I’ll fuck you and your boyfriend now.”
“He kicked Vlad in the back and kicked us out of the carriage when he "kicked" us to the last carriage, he stood next to me and looked as if he was going to hit me. <…> According to this lizard, we are a disgrace to the Russian people, all because of my unusual appearance, because of my hairstyle. Until recently, I didn’t want to leave the carriage, but staying there was life-threatening,” Yermak said. She wrote a statement against Safonov.
Baza claims that 40-year-old Safonov graduated from the Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and worked in the police until 2008. The Telegram channel writes that the man mistook Anastasia and her friend for a gay couple. In addition, he did not like the girl’s short skirt. “I asked to get out of the carriage, it was unpleasant to watch. This is my civil position, I am against LGBT,” Baza quotes Safonov.