Egor Beloglazov
Egor Beloglazov, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Charges: Article 148 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public insult of religious feelings); Article 354.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Insulting the memory, symbols, and veterans of the Great Patriotic War); “Egor Beloglazov's case of offending the religious feelings of believers and the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland”. Status: deceased.
In brief
Sverdlovsk Oblast · Yekaterinburg · Artists
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking) since April 1, 2025
Charges
- Article 148 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public insult of religious feelings
- Article 354.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Insulting the memory, symbols, and veterans of the Great Patriotic War
Full wording of the charges
The grounds for the prosecution were Beloglazov’s publications on VKontakte. One of the posts featured an image of Vladimir Putin: a black-and-white portrait printed on crumpled paper. Holes had been made where Putin’s eyes and mouth should have been, with St George’s ribbons protruding from them. Investigators interpreted this as a desecration of symbols of military glory. Another post featured an anime-style image of Jesus and the Mother of God, accompanied by a comment by Beloglazov in which he compared the New Testament to fan fiction based on the Old Testament. The poet noted that the Old Testament contains elements resembling yaoi and yuri—genres of manga and anime that depict same-sex relationships between male or female characters. A third post contained a demotivator showing an explosion and the TOS-1 “Buratino” heavy flamethrower system, with a caption comparing the explosion to the descent of the Holy Fire at Easter. The fourth post was a screenshot of a message from the social network X (formerly Twitter) by a user known as “Professor Talk”, who wrote that the war in Ukraine would end only if Vladimir Putin went to the front line and was killed. These publications were regarded as offending the religious feelings of believers.
Latest event
April 1, 2025 — persecution begins
Egor Beloglazov's case of offending the religious feelings of believers and the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland
Timeline
· Persecution begins
Egor Beloglazov's case of offending the religious feelings of believers and the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
Egor Beloglazov's case of offending the religious feelings of believers and the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland
Details and sources
Full summary
Egor Beloglazov was a resident of Yekaterinburg and a poet. He spoke out on social media against the war, political repression, and the Russian authorities. On 1 April 2025, a search was carried out at his home. It later became known that a criminal case had been opened against him on charges of insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland and offending the feelings of believers.
The first charge was related to an image depicting Vladimir Putin with St George ribbons protruding from his eyes and mouth.
The charge of offending the feelings of believers concerned three posts on VKontakte. One of them featured an anime-style image of Jesus and the Mother of God, accompanied by a comment by Beloglazov in which he compared the New Testament to fan fiction based on the Old Testament. The poet noted that the Old Testament contains elements resembling yaoi and yuri—genres of manga and anime depicting same-sex relationships between male or female characters.
Another post contained a demotivator showing an explosion and the TOS-1 “Buratino” heavy flamethrower system, with a caption comparing the explosion to the descent of the Holy Fire at Easter. The third post was a screenshot of a message from the social network X (formerly Twitter) by a user known as “Professor Talk”, who wrote that the war in Ukraine would end only if Vladimir Putin went to the front line and was killed.
Beloglazov was placed under a travel restriction.
He had been assigned a Group III disability status. He had suffered from bronchial asthma since childhood, which gradually worsened, and after contracting COVID-19 in 2020 his condition deteriorated further. Since then, Beloglazov had been forced to breathe using an oxygen concentrator and could remain disconnected from the device for no more than an hour. In March 2025, shortly before the search, the poet fell into a coma after his blood oxygen saturation dropped below 60 per cent. In addition, he had severe mobility problems due to his left leg: several years earlier it had stopped bending as a result of aseptic necrosis of the femoral head.
Beloglazov died in December 2025.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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