Russian editor fined over prophet cartoons
A Russian court today convicted and fined the editor of a newspaper who was charged with inciting religious strife by publishing the Prophet Muhammad cartoons two months ago.
The Vologda city court found weekly Nash Region editor Anna Smirnova guilty of deliberately stirring up religious hatred and intolerance, as well as abuse of her position. She was ordered to pay 100,000 rubles (€2,978) in fines.
