From Ridus.ru:
Kickboxer “professionally” desecrated war monument
Tomsk police have begun an investigation into Givi Sotsuk, former member of the country’s professional kickboxing team, for the desecration of a monument to medics killed in the Second World War.
“The investigation has begun due to photographs posted on the internet of a citizen showing off his stretching in front of the monument to the war medics”, Interfax-Siberia heard from the local Interior Ministry office the day before yesterda, adding that the case would be investigated under the article “desecration of sculptures dedicated to the fight against fascism or its victims.”
It would appear that while he was undergoing medical treatment in Tomsk five years ago, Givi Sotsuk from Abakan was photographed holding his foot upright against the monument. Internet users were outraged after it was uploaded. Sotsuk apologised on Abakan television, but now he must answer to the courts.
Comments from Ridus.ru:
bukinist:
They cock up, and they apologise. They cock up again, and then they apologise. How long will it carry on?
Luksh:
He’s got so much muscle, why would he need a brain …
oiisac:
He should have thought about this in his head first.
StanDy: (responding to above)
What head? He clearly doesn’t have any brains
ВсёПутём: (responding to above)
He only uses his head to eat with
Трой..:
So, two years [in prison], or what?
Лапоть:
This isn’t the only photo, by the way. I saw screenshots somewhere from his VKontakte page.
Гурбангулы Бердымухамедов:
They’ll give him a suspended sentence, IMHO … it’s not a church, at any rate.
[Note: the commenter is referring to the Pussy Riot case]
pankin-d:
Another idiot got what he deserved.
Vascom:
Loser.
Homagium:
He wouldn’t happen to be a member of United Russia, would he?
What do you think? A harmless bit of idiocy? Or a disgusting desecration?