A third criminal case was opened against the singer Charlotte

Another criminal case was initiated against the singer Eduard Charlotte. This is reported by the Russian mass media with reference to sources in law enforcement agencies. The reason was a video in which the musician burns his Russian passport. The case is open under the article “Theft or damage to official documents.” The maximum penalty for it is imprisonment for a term of up to one year.

This is already the third criminal case against Charlotte. Earlier, he was accused of two episodes of rehabilitating Nazism and insulting the feelings of believers. The musician is in a pre-trial detention center in Samara.

Charlotte posted a video of her burning her passport on her social networks in June. He said that he is against the war in Ukraine and wants to get to Kyiv to support people with concerts and performances. He also nailed a photo of Patriarch Kirill and his military ticket to the crucifix. This video has now been deleted.

• In November, the head of the Safe Internet League, Ekaterina Myzulyna, addressed the Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs with mourning for the musician. She asked for a legal assessment of the actions of Charlotte, who publicly “discredited the Russian army, offended the feelings of believers and deliberately burned the passport of a Russian citizen.”
• Charlotte announced that she was returning to Russia from Armenia to “fight for Russian culture” and record a new album. Upon his arrival at St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport on November 22, he was detained by security forces and forced to apologize on camera. The singer was sentenced to 13 days of administrative arrest “for hooliganism”. While he was under arrest, criminal cases were initiated against him. After being released from custody, he was transferred to Samara.