Three young people were fined for dancing near a cathedral in Novocherkassk.

In the Rostov region, three young men were charged for a video of them dancing near an Orthodox church. The participants in the incident apologized to the police for their actions.

In Novocherkassk, police detained two men and one woman for dancing in front of the Ascension Cathedral, which they recorded on video.

Dancing near the cathedral sparked a negative reaction from city residents and discussion on social media, Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs spokesperson Irina Volk reported on her Telegram channel.

The video shows a white Skoda Octavia parked in front of the cathedral, with a girl dancing next to it, and then two young men performing something resembling a lezginka.

Police subsequently identified and detained the "offenders." As Irina Volk noted, the car filmed in the video was parked in an area where this is prohibited. The offenders pleaded guilty. "Following the investigation, police issued reports against one of the detainees for failing to comply with road markings and sign requirements, while the others were charged with petty hooliganism," a Ministry of Internal Affairs spokesperson said in a statement.

Irina Volk published a video apology from two men, who pledged not to repeat such actions in the future.

"On the 15th, a video featuring me and my comrades was published online. We behaved inappropriately in the video, acknowledge our guilt, apologize, and pledge not to do such a thing again," the participants in the incident stated in the video.