Polina Morugina
Polina Morugina, born 1997, Moscow. Charges: Article 148 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public insult of religious feelings); “Pauline Faith's case about the temple photo.”. Sentence (February 20, 2023): to be sent for compulsory treatment in a general psychiatric hospital. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 8, 2023.
In brief
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Sentence
to be sent for compulsory treatment in a general psychiatric hospital
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 148 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public insult of religious feelings
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The reason for the criminal case was a photo that Morugina took in August 2021 in the nude in front of the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Fili, and then posted on Instagram.
Latest event
March 8, 2023 — imprisonment begins
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
· Persecution begins
Pauline Faith's case about the temple photo.
Criminal case
Pauline Faith's case about the temple photo.
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Blogger. In December 2021, a protocol was drawn up against Morugina under part 2. art. 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offences (intentional public desecration of religious or devotional literature, objects of religious veneration, signs or emblems of worldview symbols and attributes, or their defacement or destruction). However, the magistrate of judicial precinct No. 210 of the Dorogomilovsky judicial district of Moscow returned the report to the police to correct the violations committed during its preparation. As a result, it was decided to initiate criminal proceedings because of a nude photo in front of a temple. In January, the case was transferred to the Golovinsky District Court (although Article 148 of the Criminal Code is under the jurisdiction of magistrate judges, not federal judges).
According to the materials of the case announced in court, Morugina suffers from schizotypal personality disorder and at the time of the photo shoot could not realise the nature of her actions and be in charge of them.
On 20 February 2023, Morugina was sent for compulsory treatment.
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