Resident of Novgorod region received 2 years in prison for desecration of the memorial

The court sentenced a resident of the village of Proletary Anastasia Ermel, finding her guilty of desecrating the place of memory of those killed in the defense of the Fatherland. She was sentenced to 2 years in prison with serving in a colony-settlement, reported in the SU TFR in the Novgorod region.

The incident occurred on May 1. Being in a state of alcoholic intoxication at the memorial of military glory, the woman drank cognac and did need it on the territory of the memorable place. The court considered these actions a gross insult to the memory of the defenders of the Motherland.