Blogger Bobiev and his girlfriend were sentenced to 10 months in prison for a photo in front of the St. Basil’s Cathedral because of “insulting the feelings of believers.”

Case against Bobiev and Chistova aroused On October 20 this year, after a blogger published a photo on social networks at the end of September, in which Chistova in a jacket with the words “police” imitates oral sex against the background of St. Basil’s Cathedral. After the arrest, Bobiev apologized for his act and promised “never to do that again.” He also said that he was shooting pranks. According to the blogger, he has 100 thousand subscribers on the social network, but now his page has been blocked.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs noted that “the actions of young people were public, demonstrative, expressed clear disrespect for society and contained signs of insulting the feelings of believers.”

First, the couple was brought to administrative responsibility: the court found the girl guilty under the article “Failure to comply with the legal requirement of a police officer,” and the blogger was charged with violation of the rules of entry or the regime of stay in the Russian Federation by foreigners. Both were sentenced to 10 days of arrest, and Bobiev was also fined 5 thousand rubles from expulsion From Russia.