Novorossiysk resident fined for pacifist inscription

A court in Novorossiysk has found Stanislav Shaforostov, a local resident, guilty of discrediting the Russian Army for making a pacifist inscription on the administration building. The judge took into account the defendant's remorse and imposed a fine on him that was half of that provided for by the administrative article.

The Primorsky District Court has fined Stanislav Shaforostov by 15,000 roubles, who, according to the police, painted a pacifist inscription in a public place, the "Kavkaz.Realii"* project reports. He was charged under that part of the article that provides for a fine for citizens in the amount from 30,000 to 50,000 roubles.

The court took into account the mitigating circumstances (admission of guilt and repentance), the absence of aggravating circumstances and the property status of the defendant.

*Included by the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) into the register of foreign agents.