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Russian yoga fans alarmed at arrest of teacher under new law
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Russian yoga fans alarmed at arrest of teacher under new law
Tom Balmforth for RFE/RL, part of the New East network
Thursday 12 January 2017 08.00 GMT
A yoga teacher in Russia has been charged with illegal missionary activity under a controversial new law designed to fight terrorism.
Computer programmer Dmitry Ugay was detained by police in St Petersburg in October while giving a talk at a festival about the philosophy behind yoga.
Ugay says he was stopped 40 minutes into his discussion, put into a car and taken to a police station without being informed of his apparent offence.
The 44-year-old now faces a fine for allegedly conducting illegal missionary activity, an administrative offence under the new Yarovaya law, a package of legal amendments intended to fight terrorism that is named after its author, the MP Irina Yarovaya.
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Tom Balmforth for RFE/RL, part of the New East network
Thursday 12 January 2017 08.00 GMT
A yoga teacher in Russia has been charged with illegal missionary activity under a controversial new law designed to fight terrorism.
Computer programmer Dmitry Ugay was detained by police in St Petersburg in October while giving a talk at a festival about the philosophy behind yoga.
Ugay says he was stopped 40 minutes into his discussion, put into a car and taken to a police station without being informed of his apparent offence.
The 44-year-old now faces a fine for allegedly conducting illegal missionary activity, an administrative offence under the new Yarovaya law, a package of legal amendments intended to fight terrorism that is named after its author, the MP Irina Yarovaya.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/12/russian-yoga-fans-alarmed-at-arrest-of-teacher-under-new-law
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