RESIDENT
OF
CHELIABINSK FINED FOR INVOLVING CITIZENS IN RELIGIOUS GROUP
by
Olga Ramariia
Uralskii
Meridian,
23 January 2018
The
prosecutor's
office of the Metallurgicheskii district of the city of
Cheliabinsk opened a
case against a local resident concerning administrative
violation of law for
conducting missionary activity in violation of the requirements
of legislation
on freedom of conscience, freedom of religious confession, and
on religious
associations (part 4 of article 5.26 of the Code of
Administrative Violations
of Law of the RF).
During
a
verification of compliance with the legislation on freedom of
conscience and
religious associations, the prosecutor's office of the
Metallurgicheskii
district established that a resident of Cheliabinsk, who is the
leader of the
religious group of "Association Church of Christians of
Evangelical Faith
of Cheliabinsk," in building 2a on Kashtakskaia Street, shared
information
about his confession with citizens who are not members of the
aforesaid
religious group in order to get them to become members of the
group.
"The
premises
of the aforesaid building are suitable for conducting meetings
of a
religious group and for conducting lectures and worship
services, accommodating
a large number of persons. Such a group was created illegally,
inasmuch as the
owner of the building had given no notification about the
creation and did not
have documents confirming the right for this activity," the
press service
of the oblast prosecutor's office told the news agency Uralskii
Meridian.
The
Cheliabinsk
resident was held administratively accountable and fined 5,000
rubles. (tr. by
PDS, posted 26 January 2018)
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