“To elect in relation to Denis Chuprikov ... a measure of restraint in the form of detention”, RIA Novosti quotes a judge.

The man refused to say whether he pleaded guilty.

Earlier, the investigator said that Chuprikov had accomplices.

The incident occurred on January 27th. The young man brought a picture from the exhibition, no one prevented him. The next day, the Interior Ministry announced the arrest of the suspect, the canvas was found in the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region.