Maria Chistyakova (Mari Govori)

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: June 28, 2022

Attack type:

• Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Activatica

Location: Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Nizhny Novgorod

Additional information:

A case on insulting the feelings of believers (Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) was initiated against the blogger Maria Chistyakova (Mari Govori). She is prosecuted for publishing a picture of herself in her underpants with an image of the Virgin Mary. In the expertise of the Ministry of Justice, this image is recognized as «desecrating, denigrating Christian culture». Chistyakova left for Estonia after the beginning of the war in Ukraine.