The prosecutor requested compulsory work for a student from Perm accused of justifying Nazism

The prosecutor requested ten months of corrective labor for a student from Perm, Daniil Shestakov, who is accused under the article on justifying Nazism (part 1 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). Shestakov is being persecuted because of an application to post a photo of General Andrei Vlasov on the website of the Immortal Regiment. About this writes "Ural. MBKh Media.

During the debate in the Perm Regional Court, the state prosecutor also demanded that the student be withheld part of the salary and turn the computer and router seized during the search into state revenue.

According to the representative of the prosecutor's office, Shestakov "spread information expressing clear disrespect for society" when he applied for the publication of a photo of General Vlasov, "convicted of treason."

Shestakov's interests are represented in court by the lawyer of the international human rights group "Agora" Aleksey Shardakov. The defender emphasized that the photo of Vlasov was never published on the site and stated that the student must be acquitted.

At the end of May, the Investigative Committee announced the initiation of criminal cases under the article on the justification of Nazism against the resident of Perm Daniil Shestakov and the resident of Kazan Mohammed El-Ayubi under the article on the justification of Nazism (part 1 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, “in order to approve the crimes determined by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg,” the suspects posted photographs of Adolf Hitler and General Vlasov on the website of the Immortal Regiment.

• On May 15, criminal cases on the rehabilitation of Nazism in connection with publications on the Immortal Regiment website were opened against Daniil Simanov from Perm, Andrei Shabanov from Samara, Denis Vorontsov from Volgograd and Vyacheslav Kruglov from Ulyanovsk.
• On May 12, the organizers of the Immortal Regiment movement promised to hand over to the investigators the IP addresses of users who sent photographs of Wehrmacht officers to participate in the action.
• The Immortal Regiment is a movement that has been holding actions in honor of May 9 since 2012. Traditionally - processions with portraits of participants in the Great Patriotic War. In 2020, due to the coronavirus, the event was held online. Unknown people tried to publish questionnaires with photos of Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler on the website of the Immortal Regiment and another project, the Memory Bank.