The Russian Orthodox Church received a letter of repentance from singer Eduard Charlotte* and I have no problem forgiving the artist. This was stated by the vice-president of the Synodal Department for Church relations with society and the media of the Moscow Patriarchate, Vakhtang Kipshidze.
He noted that he filed the corresponding petition with the Samara city court.
According to Kipshidze, in addition to the letter received, the Russian Orthodox Church took note of the public apology he presented.
“Taking into account the above circumstances, a petition was sent to the court that, on our part, there is no obstacle to the application of Article 76.” — RIA Novosti quotes a representative of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Please note that Article 76 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation allows the offender to be exempt from liability in case of repentance.
As reported EADailyagainst Charlotte* Initially, three criminal cases were opened: for rehabilitation of Nazism (part 4 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code), for insulting the feelings of believers (article 148 of the Criminal Code) and for destruction of official documents (part 1 of Article 325 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
The three criminal cases are related to videos on a social network. In particular, for the video in which the blogger tears and tramples on the St. George ribbon and in his underwear sings to the song “Victory Day” a composition about the fall of the ruble exchange rate. In another video, he tore the letter Z, painted in the colors of the St. George ribbon; In another video, he nailed a photograph of the patriarch to a tree; Kirillyour military ID and cross. About the burning of Charlotte* His Russian passport was also revealed from the video recording.
In early January of this year, the Telegram channel Baza reported that Charlotte* He wrote a letter of repentance to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia.
At the end of May this year, the artist’s father said that another criminal case had been opened against him, under art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (actions aimed at inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliating the dignity of a person or group of persons on the basis of gender, race, nationality, language, origin, attitude towards religion , committed in public).
charlotte* He partially admitted his guilt, categorically denying only the charges provided for in Article 282.
After the next meeting of the Samara Regional Court, the blogger showed a note in which he asked for forgiveness.
“Please accept my sincerest apologies. I realized my mistakes and dream of benefiting my country. With love, Eduardo” – says the text of the note.
Next to your name Charlotte* He drew the Russian flag.
*An individual included in the RosFinMonitoring list of terrorists and extremists
