Overview
- The administrative case was handled by the 1st section of Orenburg’s Leninsky District Court under Article 5.26(2) on desecration of religious objects.
- Residents complained after September flyers for Nino & Vano depicted khinkali in place of St. Basil’s Cathedral domes.
- In court, the restaurant’s representative blamed a designer, and the designer said the layout had been generated by a neural network.
- The manager acknowledged guilt and said there was no intent, while the defense described the episode as the result of poor design services.
- The court press service reported the 150,000‑ruble penalty, and no appeal or further actions were announced.