In Dagestan, women were fined for not standing during the anthem As the Supreme Court of the Republic reported, on September 1, at a Knowledge Day rally at School No. 103 in Kaspiysk, two local residents remained seated when the national anthem began to play. One of the women explained at the meeting that she was not feeling well, the other explained that she was holding a child on her lap. However, the court did not recognize these arguments as valid reasons and fined each of them 2.5 thousand rubles according to the article on the violation of the procedure for the use of state symbols. Photo: SOTA.

In Dagestan, women were fined for not standing during the anthem As the Supreme Court of the Republic reported, on September 1, at a Knowledge Day rally at School No. 103 in Kaspiysk, two local residents remained seated when the national anthem began to play. One of the women explained at the meeting that she was not feeling well, the other explained that she was holding a child on her lap. However, the court did not recognize these arguments as valid reasons and fined each of them 2.5 thousand rubles according to the article on the violation of the procedure for the use of state symbols. Photo: SOTA.