Apr 12, MOSCOW, RUSSIA (THE HINDU) — A pro-Putin youth outfit has been booked on charges of “extremism” for attacking Hindu culture in Russia’s far eastern city of Khabarovsk, reports said.
The Khabarovsk unit of “Molodaya Gvardia” (Young Guards), the youth wing of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin-led United Russia party, distributed a leaflet at the festival of Indian culture organised by the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in the city.
In the leaflet, the outfit cautioned Russians from sending their children to courses of Yoga and Indian dances, Kasparov.ru website of the Kremlin-critic former Chess Champion Garry Kasparov reported.
“Under the wrapper of presentable Indian aesthetics, behind the bright dresses and peace loving statements hides a cruel and aggressive sect, dangerous for the health and wellbeing of the citizens,” the leaflet said.
It also claimed that the followers of Krishna are “infamous in the world for crimes against humanity and society and were involved in drug-trafficking and arms trade”.
In response to a writ petition filed by the regional prosecutor in the public interest, the court in Khabarovsk ruled to qualify pro-Putin youth group’s leaflet as a manifestation of extremism.
The Court issued a stern warning to the leader of the local chapter of ‘Young Guards’ to refrain from acts of extremism.
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