For painting a cannon in Sevastopol, a Muscovite received 320 hours of compulsory work.

The Leninsky District Court of Sevastopol issued a guilty verdict in a criminal case against a 37-year-old native of Moscow and found him guilty of damaging objects of the cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation, included in the unified state register of objects of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation.

According to the press service of the city prosecutor’s office, on a January night, a Muscovite, using aerosol cans of paint, applied graffiti with the image of a cat on the 130-mm cannon of the 11th coastal battery, located in the museum “Casemates, which housed the command posts of the coastal defense of the Black Sea Fleet and the Primorsky Fleet.” Army” on Admiral Vladimirsky Street.

“Thus, he caused damage to a cultural heritage site of regional significance, changing its historical appearance,” the prosecutor’s office stated.

The identity of the “artist” was quickly established by employees of the Center for Combating Extremism of the city Ministry of Internal Affairs together with colleagues from the FSB Directorate. The appearance of the gun was also promptly restored by community members.

The court sentenced the perpetrator to 320 hours of compulsory labor. Press service of the prosecutor’s office of the city of Sevastopol