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Eleni Grigoriadi

At largeChecked against the source: September 5, 2026, 6:09 AM
Criminal Code
Article 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
Verdict
Suspended prison sentence
Sentence
1 year
Date of verdict
2025-07-08
Region
Krasnodar Krai

Case summary

Greek citizen, Z-activist, partner of former Russian Orthodox Church deacon Pavel Shulzhenk. According to pro-government telegram channels, until the summer of 2022, when she came to Russia, Grigoriadi lived for a while in Kiev and supported Ukraine. In Russia, she joined the Z-community and started living with Shulzhenk in Sochi.

In early April 2025, Z-channels reported about a criminal case against Grigoriadi under an article on the rehabilitation of Nazism. Her friend described the reason for the criminal case to Mediazona as follows: "There [was] a meme - an alky on the background of a St George's ribbon. It was published in a 40-person group that she created drunkenly while she was in Kiev, I think".

In July 2025, she was sentenced to a year of probation. The judicial press service reported that Grigoriadi was convicted because of 5 offensive images on the theme of Victory Day published on 9 May 2022 in the social network community created by her, which were collages with the St. George's Ribbon, the poster "Motherland Calls!" and the Eternal Flame. The court decided that these images express clear disrespect for the memory of the day of Russia's military glory and desecrate the symbols of Russia's military glory.

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