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Orenburg Court Fines Georgian Restaurant 150,000 Rubles Over St. Basil’s Khinkali Flyer

Prosecutors cited input from the local Orthodox diocese, leading the court to deem the image an offense to a functioning church.

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.