ST. PETERSBURG, August 29 - RAPSI. The St. Petersburg Main Investigative Department has submitted to the city prosecutor's office a series of applications detailing violations that allegedly occurred at Madonna's concert in Russia's cultural capital.
Madonna, who held the concert in St. Petersburg as part of her controversial MDNA tour, urged local residents to be friendlier to the LGBT community during her performance.
Previously, St. Petersburg human rights activists said they submitted to investigators an application, requesting that they bring Madonna to justice for inciting religious hatred, as she trampled on a cross during the concert.
The city prosecutor's office earlier told RIA Novosti that all of the applications concerning the alleged violations have been submitted for examination to the Interior Ministry's regional department, and it is closely following the assessment.
Earlier, Vitaly Milonov, a politician in St. Petersburg who drafted a city law restricting the promotion of homosexuality, said the performance was attended by NGOs that checked the concert's compliance with morality regulations.
They recorded the event and said 12-year-old children were present at the concert, he said. Activists filed several applications last week with the police seeking to declare Madonna in breach of the law.
Activists sued Madonna and the concert organizers for 333 million rubles ($10.5 million). They claim that they were offended by her explicit support for homosexuality.
The court shelved the lawsuits, as a number of violations had been made during their drafting and filing, and they must be corrected before any further action can be taken, it said.