Mikhail Dmitriev
Mikhail Dmitriev, Saint Petersburg. 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 case of the damaged Blockade Tram”. Status: under house arrest.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: house arrest since July 30, 2025
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 individuals or using mass media or the Internet)
Full wording of the charges
The investigation team believes that no later than 0700 hours on 28.07.2025 Dmitriev, Trunov and Semyonov, acting as a group by prior conspiracy, being in a state of alcoholic intoxication near building 114, Stachek Avenue in St. Petersburg, i.e. in a public place accessible to an unrestricted circle of persons, broke a lantern, ripped lanterns from the roof of the tram and committed an act of urination on the tram which functions as the Blockade Tram monument, a symbol of the victory of the Soviet people and its Armed Forces over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War, after which they fled the scene.
Latest event
August 31, 2026 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The case of the damaged Blockade Tram
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of the damaged Blockade Tram
Other defendants in the case
- Anatoly Semyonov — Under house arrest
- Ivan Trunov — Under house arrest
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of St. Petersburg. On July 28, 2025 he was detained on the charges of desecration of the symbol of military glory. The case was initiated after three young men came to the Blockade Tram monument at night: two of them climbed on the roof of the tram; one of them broke the commemorative plaque and several components of the tram. From the published video from the surveillance camera it is evident that the third man was standing aside all this time. The pro-government Mash on Moika Telegram channel wrote that one of the men also urinated on the memorial. On July 30, the court placed Dmitriev under house arrest.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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