A court in Moscow convicted former Sakharov Museum director Yuri Samodurov and former State Tretyakov Gallery curator Andrey Yerofeyev of “inciting religious hatred” for organizing a modern art exhibition, named “Forbidden Art," which featured objects such as an icon frame with caviar inside. According to the prosecution, the exhibition offended the religious feelings of Christians. The defendants pleaded not guilty. The prosecution requested three-year prison sentences for both defendants, but the court sentenced them to fines of $7,000 and $5,000, respectively. To protest against the prosecution, members of a modern art group released 3,500 live Madagascar cockroaches in the courthouse.
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1412480
http://www.echo.msk.ru/blog/rubahin/695212-echo/ (see courtroom photos)
http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20080630-russia-modern-art-censorship-samodurov-religion (see art objects)
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