A criminal case has been opened against an employee of a Moscow bar under the article on insulting believers’ religious feelings (Part 1, Article 148 of the Russian Criminal Code). The case was prompted by a hookah made on an Easter cake. This was reported by the Investigative Committee.
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According to Ostorozhno, Novosti, the 27-year-old employee of the Kisski bar from Saransk posted an Instagram video today in which she makes a hookah out of an Easter cake. She accompanied the footage with the caption: "Даже Христос от такого Воскрес". Within a few hours, the video had gained thousands of views.
The Investigative Committee said the woman, “in order to insult the religious feelings of believers, carried out public actions expressing obvious disrespect for society.” Officials identified her and plan to bring her in for questioning to the investigative department.
As Ostorozhno, Novosti notes, the first to draw attention to the video was Z-blogger and founder of “Male State” Vladislav Pozdnyakov. He published a post on his Telegram channel with the video and the woman’s personal data. He also added the note: “До извинений 3...2....1”.
Later, posts about the Moscow bar employee were published by other nationalist паблики and major state media outlets. Soon after that, the woman deleted the video from social media.