2 Oct 2012 15:03

Probe launched into whether Vinzavod gallery exhibit incited enmity

MOSCOW. Oct 2 (Interfax) - The Russian Investigative Committee has started a pre-investigation inquiry into claims that an exhibit, titled Dukhovnaya Bran (Spiritual Row), on display at the Vinzavod gallery in Moscow, incited hatred and enmity in viewers, Interfax was told at the Russian Investigative Committee.

"At order from the Prosecutor General's Office the Main Investigative Deparatment for Moscow has opened a pre-investigation inquiry into whether the exhibit carried a content punishable under Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred and enmity)," according to the Investigative Committee.