A resident of Abakan was convicted of xenophobic videos on the social network VKontakte.
At the end of September 2016, a court in Khakassia sentenced a 20-year-old resident of the city of Abakan, Kristina Durnovtseva, to one and a half years of probation. On September 29, 2016, the Abakan City Court convicted a 20-year-old resident of the city of Abakan, Kristina Durnovtseva, under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred) to a suspended sentence.