The Georgian singer faces up to three years for outraging the Russian flag.

The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin instructed to investigate the fact of abuse by Georgian singer Erekle Getsadze over the national flag of the Russian Federation. This was reported in the TC TFR today, May 25.

"It was reported in the media that during the song festival in the Republic of Georgia, one of the performers abused the State Flag of the Russian Federation," the release said. — The Chairman of the TFR instructed the investigators of the Main Investigation Department The Investigative Committee of Russia will initiate a criminal case on this fact in order to bring the perpetrators to the responsibility established by law."

According to article 352 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Abuse of State symbols"), such acts are punishable by a fine, compulsory labor, correctional labor or imprisonment. The maximum term of imprisonment is up to 3 years.

As EADaily reported, a video appeared on social networks in which Georgian singer Erekle Getsadze publicly desecrated the flag of Russia. During a concert at the Tbilisi Open Air music festival, he first threw the flag on the floor, and then put it in a bag and showed that he was pissing on it.

At the same time, Getsadze publishes his tracks on Russian sites, in particular, on Yandex. Music." As an illustration to one of his compositions, Russian President Vladimir Putin is depicted with the inscription "You are a fool" in Georgian. In this regard, it remains unclear whether the TFR officers will conduct an investigation against Yandex, which publishes images insulting the President of the Russian Federation?