Red Square Scandal: Student Arrested After Throwing Shoe at Lenin’s Sarcophagus

A court in Moscow sentenced a first-year college student to ten days of administrative arrest after he caused a disturbance inside Lenin's Mausoleum on Red Square, according to official court documents published in the database of Moscow's courts of general jurisdiction. According to case materials, on April 8 the student, Konstantin Bodunov, behaved aggressively inside the mausoleum. He shouted profanities, waved his arms, interfered with visitors, struck the sarcophagus several times, and threw a moccasin at it. He ignored police orders to stop and reportedly resisted arrest, the ruling states.