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Abdul Avtorkhanov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Abdul Avtorkhanov, Stavropol Krai. Charges: Article 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code (Insulting the memory, symbols, and veterans of the Great Patriotic War (committed by a group of…); “The second case of desecration of the "Eternal flame" in Nevinnomyssk”. Sentence (October 23, 2024): 1 year's imprisonment in a colony-settlement, 2 years' ban on holding positions in public service involving the exercise… Status: at large.

In brief

Stavropol Krai · Nevinnomyssk

Sentence

1 year

s imprisonment in a colony-settlement, 2 years' ban on holding positions in public service involving the exercise of functions as a representative of authority, organisational, managerial, administrative and economic powers

Verdict October 23, 2024

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, acting as a group of individuals, together with Alikhan Maashaev and Islam Terloev, while on the "Alley of Glory" in Nevinnomyssk, that is, in a public place, on the pedestal of the regional cultural heritage site "Obelisk "Eternal Glory" commemorating the 50th anniversary of Soviet power," erected in memory of the soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, which is a symbol of Russia's military glory, acting deliberately, aware of the public danger of his actions, foreseeing the inevitability of socially dangerous consequences in the form of a violation of the general principles established by Art. 44 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, which guarantees the duty of everyone to take care of the preservation of historical and cultural heritage, to protect historical and cultural monuments, and being indifferent to these consequences, with the aim of publicly desecrating the symbols of Russia's military glory and insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland, showing clear disrespect for Russian society, committed at least three acts of placing and lowering the soles of his shoes on the Eternal Flame of the Obelisk “Eternal Glory”, and also performed at least one acrobatic exercise - a somersault on the “Eternal Glory” Obelisk, thereby desecrating the symbol of Russia's military glory and insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland.

Latest event

June 1, 2025 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Imprisonment begins

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 1 year

  4. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

  5. · Persecution begins

    The second case of desecration of the "Eternal flame" in Nevinnomyssk

  6. · Preventive measure: house arrest

Criminal case

The second case of desecration of the "Eternal flame" in Nevinnomyssk

Other defendants in the case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Presumably a resident of Chechnya, an athlete acrobat. In March 2024 he was sent under house arrest as part of the case of desecration of the "Eternal flame" in Nevinnomyssk. The reason was the acrobatic stunts perfomed by three men, during which they brought soles of their shoes to the "Eternal flame". On 23 October 2024, Avtorkhanov was sentenced to a year in a colony-settlement and taken into custody in the courtroom. He was presumably released in June 2025.

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