Konstantin Kazantsev
Konstantin Kazantsev, Kirov Oblast. Charges: Article 148 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Violation of the right of freedom to conscience and religion). Sentence (May 30, 2016): 230 hours of compulsory labour. Status: at large.
In brief
Kirov Oblast · Sosnovka
Sentence
230 hours of compulsory labour
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 148 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Violation of the right of freedom to conscience and religion
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, by prior conspiracy, in order to offend the feelings of Christians, he came together with Shaidullin from the town of Sosnovka to the village of Staraya Malinovka and hung an effigy on the worship cross, for the manufacture of which he used trousers, a jacket, ropes, a hat, a mask and self-tapping screws, as well as dry grass.
Latest event
May 30, 2016 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution ends
· Persecution begins
Сase of the effigy on the cross
Criminal case
Details and sources
Full summary
In September 2015, together with Rustem Shaidullin, he hung an effigy with an insulting inscription on the worship cross. He was charged with insulting religious feelings and sentenced to 230 hours of compulsory labour.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 148 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.