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Nikolai Romanov (former schema-abbot Sergius) became a defendant in a criminal case for inciting hatred. His colleague Vsevolod Moguchev is suspected of committing the same crime, reported on Friday to Interfax, Moguchev’s lawyer Mikhail Tolmachev.
“It is imputed that Romanov and Moguchev, as part of an organized group, conducted large-scale activities to distribute extremist materials on the territory of the Sverdlovsk region,” Tolmachev explained.
According to him, a criminal case was opened under clause “c” part 2 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement to hatred). The case file contains about six videos that were previously published on the Internet.
Mikhail Tolmachev clarified that the Sverdlovsk Regional Court postponed the consideration of the defense appeal against Moguchev’s arrest until September 23, since he could not attend the meeting via videoconference.
“In the cell in which Moguchev is being held, one of those who are there was found to have a coronavirus, so this cell was quarantined until September 20,” the lawyer said. His client does not admit his guilt.
One of Romanov’s lawyers, Pavel Babikov, confirmed that his client had become a defendant in the case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation together with Moguchev. “The case has been opened, but we were not officially notified about it. We received documents from Moguchev, from a lawyer only. His surname (Romanova) appears in the resolution, “Babikov said.
Earlier, a source told Interfax that Moguchev was detained on September 1 as part of a criminal investigation under Part 2 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement to hatred), instituted by the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation against him and Romanov. The case was based on videos published on the Internet, which “propagated hatred and enmity towards Jews and Muslims.”
Moguchev’s lawyer confirmed that his client was charged under Part 2 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg arrested the suspect until October 20. He is being held in SIZO No. 1 in Yekaterinburg. The defense appealed against the court decision.
Nikolai Romanov was defrocked in the summer of 2020 for violating the priestly oath, monastic vows, a number of apostolic rules and church canons, and on September 10 last year he was excommunicated. He refused to leave the Sredneuralsky women’s monastery in the Sverdlovsk region, where he was a confessor, but was detained at the end of December last year by law enforcement officers.
On December 29, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow authorized the arrest of Romanov. He was indicted under Part 3 of Art. 110.1 (inclination to suicide), part 3 of Art. 148 (violation of the right to freedom of conscience and religion) and Art. 330 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (arbitrariness). Currently, his case is being considered in court in Moscow.
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