Vandal of Moscow Icons Released from Jail

MOSCOW, March 19 (RIA Novosti) – A Moscow court on Tuesday sentenced a man that vandalized icons in Russia’s largest Orthodox cathedral to a year of limited freedom, but released him for time served. The court found St. Petersburg resident Yury Piotrovsky guilty of “vandalism incited by religious hatred” for pouring ink on two icons in Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral in September, RAPSI legal news agency reported.