Moscow resident convicted of flag abuse

a 46-year-old man has been convicted of desecrating the state flag in the southwest of the capital.

As it became known “MK”, the incident occurred on June 12, the day of independence of Russia. In the morning, a resident of the house on Akademika Pilyugina Street approached the flagpole installed on the wall of the building, broke the flag pole and tore the cloth. He was soon arrested by police officers. The magistrate of the judicial precinct No. 215 of the Lomonosov district of the capital sentenced him to restriction of liberty for 6 months.