Chelyabinsk resident arrested for trying to summon the devil on an abandoned property A man painted a pentagram in a circle* with paint on the floor of a non-residential building on Sovetskaya Street. In court he stated that he wanted to scare local residents who look into the abandoned area from time to time. The district court in Oktyabrsky did not appreciate the prank. A resident of Chelyabinsk was found guilty of publicly displaying prohibited symbols of Satanism** and was placed in administrative detention for three days. *Symbol of an extreme movement.

Chelyabinsk resident arrested for trying to summon the devil on an abandoned property A man painted a pentagram in a circle* with paint on the floor of a non-residential building on Sovetskaya Street. In court he stated that he wanted to scare local residents who look into the abandoned area from time to time. The district court in Oktyabrsky did not appreciate the prank. A resident of Chelyabinsk was found guilty of publicly displaying prohibited symbols of Satanism** and was placed in administrative detention for three days. *Symbol of an extreme movement.

**The international movement of Satanism in Russia is recognized as extreme and forbidden.