Mikhail Belousov
Mikhail Belousov, born 1986, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 354.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Second World War (using an official position, by a…); “Mikhail Belousov's case of denial of the facts established at the Nuremberg Trials”. Status: location unknown.
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Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Teachers
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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)
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The reason for initiating the criminal case was Belousov's statement in February 2023 during a meeting of the university's student council: according to investigators he denied connection between Hitler's racial theory and the course of the Great Patriotic War (Soviet term for II World War, considering mainly Eastern Front events 1941-1945), moreover, he stated that he sees signs of history falsification in some topics on GPW, however, discussing it prohibited by law.
Latest event
June 1, 2023 — persecution begins
Mikhail Belousov's case of denial of the facts established at the Nuremberg Trials
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Mikhail Belousov's case of denial of the facts established at the Nuremberg Trials
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Former associate professor at the Institute of History of St. Petersburg State University. On 2 June 2023, he was dismissed from the university. Earlier, pro-war activists accused the scholar of saying that it is possible to use symbols of the "special military operation" only within the framework of post-irony and that "a direct and open approval of ruscism is disgusting." Belousov allegedly wrote these words on Telegram because of creation of a spontaneous memorial at the university to a student who died in the war with Ukraine. Later, a criminal case was opened against him for denying the facts established during the Nuremberg trials.
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