A Russian wrestler faces jail after kicking a statue of Buddha in the face, urinating on it and broadcasting the whole episode live on the Periscope app.
Said Osmanov, 22, from Dagestan, appeared to urinate on the statue, in Russia’s largely Buddhist region of Kalmykia in the country’s south-west, before aiming a high-kick at its face.
The incident happened over the weekend in Elista, the capital of Kalmykia. A group of wrestlers from Dagestan, a neighbouring mainly Muslim region, were in town for a tournament and on a tour of the city late in the evening.
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