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| Volgograd citizen Nikita Zhuravel arrested in the case of burning the Koran |
| 2023-05-23 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] Volgograd resident Nikita Zhuravel, who was detained in a criminal case on burning the Koran, was arrested for two months. The head of the Ministry of Justice suggested that, after the verdict, the Volgograd citizen be sent to a colony in the region with a Muslim population. The "Caucasian Knot has reported that on May 20, security forces detained a young man in Volgograd. During the interrogation, the detainee from Volgograd, Nikita Zhuravel, said that he had recorded a video with the burning of the Koran on the instructions of the special services of Ukraine and received 10 thousand rubles for this. He handed over the recording to an employee of the Ukrainian special services, for whom he also filmed military installations, Sledkom said. A criminal case was initiated under Part 2 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public actions expressing clear disrespect for society and committed in order to offend the religious feelings of believers), which provides for up to three years in prison. On May 19, a video was published in which a young man burns the Koran in front of the Cathedral Mosque in the Voroshilovsky district of Volgograd. In the video, he silently demonstrates the cover and burning pages of the Quran. At the request of the investigation, Nikita Zhuravel was taken into custody, the department of the ICR for the Volgograd region reported today. "On behalf of the chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, investigators, as part of the investigation of a criminal case, check information about the involvement of representatives of the special services of foreign states in organizing the crime," the publication on the agency's website says. The measure of restraint for Zhuravel was chosen by the Central District Court of Volgograd, the young man was arrested for two months - until July 20, RIA Novosti reports today. Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Justice, Konstantin Chuichenko, said that after the verdict was passed, the suspect should serve his sentence in a correctional facility "in one of the Russian regions with a predominantly Muslim population." According to him, "this will promote respect for religion and religious feelings of believers in our multinational and multi-confessional country," the agency writes. Recall that on May 21, the Sledkom reported that, by decision of the chairman of the department, Alexander Bastrykin, the criminal case was transferred for investigation to the Chechen department of the committee. "The reason for the decision to change the territorial jurisdiction was a number of grounds, in particular, numerous appeals from residents of the Chechen Republic with a request to recognize them as victims," ​​the department explained. Through what channels and when numerous appeals were received, the TFR did not specify. At the same time , since the beginning of 2023, Ramzan Kadyrov has reacted angrily at least four times to cases of burning the Koran. In addition, he publicly called for reprisal against the burners of the Koran. On March 16, Kadyrov posted a video on his Telegram channel showing people in military uniforms similar to those of the Ukrainian Armed Forces tearing out a page from the Koran to light a fire. The head of Chechnya promised to pay 5 million rubles for the execution of the participants in the video , in which a page from the Koran was used to light a fire, and 10 million rubles for taking them alive. Related: Volgograd: 2023-05-19 Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief May 18th (updated) Volgograd: 2023-04-30 Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: April 29th, 2023 Volgograd: 2023-04-05 Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 4th, 2023 |
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