Daria Krichker
Daria Krichker, born 1999, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 148 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public insult of religious feelings); “Case on the "Jesus at the Moment of Orgasm" tattoo”. Sentence (June 19, 2024): 60 hours of compulsory labour. Status: at large.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Artists
Sentence
60 hours of compulsory labour
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 148 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public insult of religious feelings
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was the work "Jesus at the Moment of Orgasm".
Latest event
June 19, 2024 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
Case on the "Jesus at the Moment of Orgasm" tattoo
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
Case on the "Jesus at the Moment of Orgasm" tattoo
Details and sources
Full summary
Artist, owner of a tattoo studio in St Petersburg. In February 2024, she was detained at Pulkovo airport as part of a case of insulting the feelings of believers. She was given a recognisance not to leave. Before that, the Sorok Sorokov movement appealed to the Investigative Committee and personally to Alexander Bastrykin with a request to pay attention to the artist's works and bring her to justice "for repeated gross blasphemous actions against Christ, the Mother of God, and the saints of the Church". On 19 June 2024, Krichker was sentenced to 60 hours of compulsory labour.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 148 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.