themoscowtimes--2020-08-28--Russian Teen ‘Insults Religious Feelings’ With Church Candle TikTok

Investigators in the Zabaikalsky region said Friday that the unnamed 18-year-old was caught in July “ demonstrably ” lighting a cigarette on an altar candle at a Russian Orthodox church in the city of Chita .
Authorities in Russia ’ s Far East have opened a criminal case against a local teen over a TikTok video that shows him lighting a cigarette with a candle inside a church , a move they qualified as a violation of Russia ’ s law against insulting religious feelings .
The chita.ru news website on July 26 published a video of the teenager walking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a lit candle on the altar to light a cigarette .
A Bongo Cat version of the Billie Eilish hit “ Bad Guy ” is playing in the background .
If found guilty , the TikToker faces up to three years in jail .
The Chita diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church , however , said that it would not like to see the young perpetrator behind bars .
“ I ’ ve met both himself and his guardians .
The young man expressed sincere regret for his actions , ” the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
“ Therefore , the Chita diocese intends to ask the investigation to show mercy , ” he told chita.ru .

Investigators in the Zabaikalsky region said Friday that the unnamed 18-year-old was caught in July “demonstrably” lighting a cigarette on an altar candle at a Russian Orthodox church in the city of Chita.
Authorities in Russia’s Far East have opened a criminal case against a local teen over a TikTok video that shows him lighting a cigarette with a candle inside a church, a move they qualified as a violation of Russia’s law against insulting religious feelings.
The chita.ru news website on July 26 published a video of the teenager walking into the cathedral and using the flame of a lit candle on the altar to light a cigarette. A Bongo Cat version of the Billie Eilish hit “Bad Guy” is playing in the background.
If found guilty, the TikToker faces up to three years in jail.
The Chita diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, however, said that it would not like to see the young perpetrator behind bars.
“I’ve met both himself and his guardians. The young man expressed sincere regret for his actions,” the diocese's head, Metropolitan Dimitry, said.
“Therefore, the Chita diocese intends to ask the investigation to show mercy,” he told chita.ru.


themoscowtimes--2020-08-28--Navalny Still in Coma, Poisoning Symptoms Receding – Spokeswoman

Navalny , 44 , has been receiving treatment in Germany after spending two days in a Siberian hospital where Russian doctors ruled out that the de facto leader of Russia ’ s opposition was poisoned .
Prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny remains in a medically induced coma and on a ventilator more than a week after falling ill from an apparent poisoning but his symptoms appear to be receding , his spokeswoman said Friday as doctors race to identify the substance with which he may have been poisoned .
“ He ’ s still in an induced coma and is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on Twitter .
“ His condition is severe but the symptoms of poisoning are receding , ” she added .
“ There ’ s currently no serious threat to his life .
Still , the doctors aren ’ t giving any forecasts , ” Yarmysh tweeted .
Berlin ’ s Charité hospital said earlier this week that multiple independent tests indicated that he was poisoned with an unidentified substance belonging to a group of chemicals that affect the nervous system .
Germany ’ s Der Spiegel news magazine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ colleagues over a potential link to the 2015 poisoning of an arms dealer there .
On Friday , it reported that Charité sought help from the German army ’ s secret toxicology lab and the British defense science and technology lab in Porton Down that participated in the 2018 Skripal poisoning investigation .
In a statement on its website Friday , the hospital said it was too early to gauge potential long-term effects “ due to the severity of the patient ’ s poisoning .
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Navalny, 44, has been receiving treatment in Germany after spending two days in a Siberian hospital where Russian doctors ruled out that the de facto leader of Russia’s opposition was poisoned.
Prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny remains in a medically induced coma and on a ventilator more than a week after falling ill from an apparent poisoning but his symptoms appear to be receding, his spokeswoman said Friday as doctors race to identify the substance with which he may have been poisoned.
“He’s still in an induced coma and is connected to a ventilator,” Navalny's spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on Twitter.
“His condition is severe but the symptoms of poisoning are receding,” she added.
“There’s currently no serious threat to his life. Still, the doctors aren’t giving any forecasts,” Yarmysh tweeted.
Berlin’s Charité hospital said earlier this week that multiple independent tests indicated that he was poisoned with an unidentified substance belonging to a group of chemicals that affect the nervous system.
Germany’s Der Spiegel news magazine reported that Charité made contact with Bulgarian colleagues over a potential link to the 2015 poisoning of an arms dealer there. On Friday, it reported that Charité sought help from the German army’s secret toxicology lab and the British defense science and technology lab in Porton Down that participated in the 2018 Skripal poisoning investigation.
In a statement on its website Friday, the hospital said it was too early to gauge potential long-term effects “due to the severity of the patient’s poisoning.”