A teenager from Astrakhan was fined for a fake St. George's ribbon.

A minor resident of the Astrakhan region was sentenced for disseminating false information on a social network about the origin of the St. George ribbon.

According to police, a young man who claimed to be a member of a youth movement posted a message on his page with false information about the origin and use of the St. George ribbon.

The post was discovered during social media monitoring by officers of the Center for Combating Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Astrakhan Region, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Astrakhan Region reported today on its Telegram channel.

Police officers drew up an administrative report against the minor from Astrakhan. This concerns the dissemination of knowingly false, socially significant information online under the guise of reliable reports, which created a threat of widespread public disorder. 1 .

The investigation materials were also reviewed by the Kharabalinsky District Commission for Minors and the Protection of Their Rights. Following the hearing, the teenager was given an administrative fine of 30,000 rubles, the police press service clarified.

02:54 23.04.2026

Security forces removed the electronic bracelet from the hieromonk Ilya Sigida

Hieromonk Ilya Sigida in Slavyansk-on-Kuban was effectively released from house arrest restrictions only on April 22, when security forces removed his electronic tracking bracelet. The lawyer emphasized that the easing of his pretrial detention does not indicate that the investigation has changed its position on Sigida's case as a whole.

As a reminder, in November 2025, it became known that Ilya Sigida (Hieromonk Jonah), assistant to the Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, was charged in Slavyansk-on-Kuban under Article 354.1 of the Russian Criminal Code. He was detained on November 27 and released under house arrest the following day. Parishioners reported that after his arrest, the hieromonk was wearing a torn cassock and had shaved his head. Sigida's mother described her son's condition as depressed.

Ilya Sigida is charged under Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Russian Criminal Code. The case was opened following publications on the website "Eschatology," which Sigida administers. Investigators believe that the texts titled "The Cult of War" and "On Idolatry - Chips, Passports, Biometrics, and More" contain statements expressing disrespect for society and negatively assessing Victory Day celebrations, as well as insults to symbols of military glory, including the "Motherland Calls" sculpture and the St. George's Ribbon.

On April 17, the Slavyansk City Court released Sigida from house arrest. According to the defendant's mother, Tatyana Sigida, at the hearing, the investigator himself filed a motion to replace the house arrest with a ban on certain activities. "It was unexpected for us. Ilya and I were very happy," she told the Caucasian Knot.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that a court in Astrakhan sent a 13-year-old boy to a temporary detention center after he said after his arrest that he was planning a terrorist attack in Dagestan.