Andrey Akimov
Andrey Akimov, born 1989, Orenburg Oblast. Charges: Article 354.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Second World War (using an official position, by a…); “The case of Andrey Akimov”. Sentence (July 29, 2021): One year of forced labour with 15 per cent of salary withheld, prohibition to administer websites for two years. Status: at large.
In brief
Orenburg Oblast · Orenburg · Lawyers
Sentence
One year of forced labour with 15 per cent of salary withheld, prohibition to administer websites for two years
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 354.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Second World War (using an official position, by a group of individuals, using media or the internet, with fabricating evidence for the prosecution)
Full wording of the charges
Through a social network application, sent an application to the Memory Bank website with a photograph of Adolf Hitler to be broadcast at the "Immortal Regiment Online" event in a row with veterans of the Great Patriotic War and home front workers.
Latest event
August 1, 2022 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
The case of Andrey Akimov
Criminal case
The case of Andrey Akimov
Details and sources
Full summary
In May 2021, it became known that a case on rehabilitation of Nazism was brought against Akimov in connection with his attempt to publish a picture of Hitler on the website of the "Immortal Regiment". On 30 July, he was sentenced to a year in prison, but the court commuted the sentence to a year of forced labour with a ban on administering websites for two years.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 354.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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