The suspect publicly apologized for stealing a bicycle in Krasnodar.

The police of Krasnodar published a video in which a 35-year-old resident of Chelyabinsk publicly apologized for stealing a bicycle.

The video with the suspect's apology for the bicycle theft was published on July 10 on the Telegram channel of the Krasnodar police.

"Arrested for stealing a bicycle. I admit my guilt, I was in an intoxicated state and I regret it with all my heart, and this will never happen again. Please forgive me!" – said the suspect in the video.

In the video, he is shown standing in a room, with handcuffs on his hands.

The 35-year-old resident of Chelyabinsk is suspected of stealing a bicycle on Kubanskaya Embankment. He rode it and then sold it to a random passerby for 6,000 rubles. The suspect faces up to five years in prison, the Krasnodar police press service explained in the video description.

The video with the suspect's apology for the bicycle theft was also published on July 10 by the Telegram channel "Krasnodar Tupodar." As of 08:20 Moscow time on July 11, this post had about 4,200 views and 14 comments. Some of the authors found the public apology inappropriate.

"What a [vividly expressive term] practice of 'apologies on camera'," noted B.B. Rodriquez.

"Nonsense! Who even needs these apologies?" – asked a user with the nickname IRB.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that the practice of public apologies initiated by Ramzan Kadyrov has spread beyond Chechnya to other regions of Russia. More about this practice can be read in the "Caucasian Knot" reference "The fashion for apologies: from Chechnya to the farthest corners".

"Caucasian Knot" also maintains "The chronicle of public apologies in the Caucasus", and news about the next apologies is posted on the thematic page "Whom the Caucasus makes to apologize".