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Art gallery security guard sentenced to community service for damaging Leporskaya painting

A magistrate court in the city of Yekaterinburg on Monday sentenced former Yeltsin Center security guard Alexander Vasilyev to 180 hours of community service and compulsory treatment for damaging a painting by Kazimir Malevich's student Anna Leporskaya.

17:23 29.08.2022

Several minors suspected of war memorial desecration in Crimea - investigators

Crimean investigators have initiated probe into several minors suspected of desecration of the memorial complex of the lost during the Civil war in 1917-1922 in Sevastopol.

12:00 31.08.2021

Three alleged extremists arrested in Rostov-on-Don on vandalism plot allegations

Three alleged members of an extremist group have been arrested in Rostov-on-Don on suspicion of federal building vandalism plotting.

13:53 26.03.2021

Russia’s rights activist urges probe into desecration of WW2 memorial in Poland

Member of the Russian Presidential Human Rights Council Standing Commission on International Cooperation in Human Rights Alexander Brod believes Russia’s Investigative Committee must react to the desecration of a memorial of Soviet Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky in Poland.

16:14 05.08.2020

Suspect in coronavirus church vandalism arrested in St. Petersburg

A suspect in the writing of the coronavirus comments on the wall of one of the St. Petersburg churches has been arrested by anti-extremism police.

12:50 08.04.2020

Russian court fines British football fan for vandalizing monument

Moscow’s Tushinsky District Court on Wednesday fined the British football fan Rufus Edward Hall 3,000 rubles ($47) for vandalizing a monument at the Spartak Stadium.

14:59 04.07.2018

Probe opened into attack on Russian cultural center in Kiev

Investigation has been opened into Ukrainian ultranationalists’ attack on the office of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Kiev.

12:40 22.03.2018

Release of Russian eccentric artist Pavlensky in vandalism case upheld

The Dzerzhinsky District Court in St. Petersburg has upheld a ruling to release Russian eccentric performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky from punishment in the vandalism case over burning tyres.

17:32 28.02.2017

Appeal against sentence of Russian eccentric artist Pavlensky set for Oct.25

The Moscow City Court will consider an appeal against sentence of Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky, who was found guilty of setting fire to the Moscow headquarters of the Federal Security Service (FSB), on October 25.

17:47 13.10.2016

Moscow court to examine legality of sentence imposed on Russian eccentric artist

The Moscow City Court is to examine an appeal of defense against a sentence imposed on Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky, who was found guilty of setting fire to the Moscow headquarters of the Federal Security Service (FSB), on October 13, Kirill Ryabchikov.

17:53 23.09.2016

Base jumpers acquitted of placing Ukrainian flag on Moscow skyscraper awarded $31,000

Moscow’s Tagansky District Court on Friday awarded over two million rubles (about $31,000) in compensation to four base jumpers acquitted of painting a star on a skyscraper in the center of Moscow with colors of Ukraine's flag.

12:18 16.09.2016

Orthodox activist charged in exhibition attack to stay under house arrest until December

The Moscow City Court has upheld the ruling of a lower court to extend the detention of Lyudmila Yesipenko, an activist of ultra-conservative Orthodox group Bozhya Volya (God’s Will), who stands charged with vandalizing an art exhibition.

16:37 25.07.2016

Orthodox activist charged in exhibition attack case pleads not guilty

Lyudmila Yesipenko, an activist of ultra-conservative Orthodox group Bozhya Volya (God’s Will), who stands charged with vandalizing an art exhibition, has pleaded not guilty.

17:30 07.07.2016

FSB demands $7,200 in compensation from eccentric artist Pavlensky

Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court has attacked a civil lawsuit filed by the Federal Security Service (FSB) demanding 481,000 rubles ($7,200) in compensation from Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky to the case over setting fire to the Moscow headquarters of the Federal Security Service (FSB).

17:03 03.06.2016

Eccentric artist Pavlensky appeals sentence in vandalism case

Lawyers of the eccentric Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky, earlier found guilty of deliberate vandalism, have appealed his sentence despite the fact that he was exempted from punishment.

13:40 30.05.2016

Investigators ask to limit time Orthodox activist should have to study her case file

The Simonovsky District Court will decide if the time given to Lyudmila Yesipenko, an activist of ultra-conservative Orthodox group Bozhya Volya (God’s Will), who stands accused of vandalizing an art exhibition, for studying her case file should be limited, on May 27.

15:40 26.05.2016

Eccentric artist Pavlensky exempted from punishment in vandalism case

A St. Petersburg magistrate has exempted Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky, earlier found guilty of deliberate vandalism, from punishment.

12:50 19.05.2016

Prosecutor demands 2 years of custodial restraint for eccentric artist Pavlensky

A prosecutor demanded to sentence Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky, accused of burning tyres on St. Petersburg's Maly Konyushenny Bridge, a historic bridge across the Moika River, to two years of custodial restraint.

18:19 16.05.2016

Investigation into Orthodox activist over exhibition attack completed

The investigation into the case of Lyudmila Yesipenko, an activist of ultra-conservative Orthodox group Bozhya Volya (God’s Will), who stands accused of vandalizing an art exhibition, had been completed.

17:39 10.05.2016

Criminal case launched in Russia over desecration of memorial to fallen in Syria

A criminal case over desecration of memorial to Russian soldiers fallen in Syria was launched in Amur Region on Tuesday.

10:58 10.05.2016