The Tbilisi City Court sentenced Nata Peradze, civic activist and founder of the “Talgha” (Wave) movement, to five days in prison for throwing paint at the St. Matrona of Moscow icon depicting late Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in Tbilisi’s main Holy Trinity (Sameba) Cathedral.
On January 9 in an act of protest, Nata Peradze threw blue paint on the icon of St. Matrona and uploaded the photo on social media. Police said they had opened an investigation into this “act of petty hooliganism”. Peradze said she had received threats by phone and online and had contacted the police.
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