Parents fined in Russia for sitting during the national anthem

The court in the Russian city of Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, fined parents who did not stand up from their chairs during the Russian national anthem. Their offense might not have faced such serious consequences if someone hadn't reported them.

The student's parents were judged based on an article related to the breach of the procedure for the official use of state symbols. Judge Robert Zhurtov of the Nalchik district court in Kabardino-Balkaria fined them three thousand rubles.

The offense was that during the ceremony at School No. 33, they did not stand up from their chairs while playing the Russian anthem. The parents of eight students were judged based on an administrative article for breaching the procedure for the official use of state symbols.

The court hearing took place because, at the beginning of July, Deputy of the State Duma from United Russia Andrei Kartapolov published two videos from the school ceremony in Nalchik on his Telegram channel. The recordings show several people sitting during the playing of the Russian anthem.

The deputy wrote that he had applied "to the appropriate authorities" because, in his opinion, it was "a fact of demonstrative disrespect for the national anthem." The reaction came the next day. Kartapolov thanked them.

Source: Mediazona.ru