The Moscow Department of the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for insulting the feelings of believers (Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code) against a blogger who trampled on a “Christian cross.” This was reported on the department’s Telegram channel.
According to the investigation, the man trampled on the cross on July 12 during a stream. He was detained.
On July 16, Readovka published a video in which a blogger with the nickname Javier, during a stream on the Bigo Live platform, tramples a cross lying on the floor with his foot and spits on it. According to a pro-government Telegram channel, the account belongs to a security guard from Dagestan.
After the stream, the blogger recorded a video of apologies, which was posted by the ultra-right Telegram channel “Multinational.” He also wrote that the man's name is Khavier Yarmagomedov, and in 2018 he was fined five thousand rubles for stealing money from a mosque.
In the video with his apology, Yarmagomedov called his actions on the stream «self-defense.» «It was like a provocation on their part. Yes, I was wrong, I apologize, but they started provoking me,» the blogger said.
On July 17, State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein contacted the Prosecutor General's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find «this scoundrel.» The Investigative Committee added that the blogger should be taken away for questioning.