Konstantin Ishutov
Konstantin Ishutov, Chuvashia. Charges: Article 354.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Denial of the facts, endorsement of crimes and dissemination of knowingly false information about…); “Konstantin Ishutov case”. Sentence (December 23, 2019): 3 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Chuvashia · Cheboksary · Journalists
Sentence
3 years 6 months
3 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 354.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Denial of the facts, endorsement of crimes and dissemination of knowingly false information about the Second World War or insult to the memory, symbols and veterans of the Great Patriotic War (including when committed using official position, by a group of individuals, using mass media or the Internet, with falsification of evidence).
Full wording of the charges
Ishutov published a photograph of German leaflet dated year 1941 addressed to citizens of the Soviet Union, soldiers and commanders of the Red Army, in which the Nazis promised to give peasants full ownership of their homestead plots and to restore freedom of religion in the USSR. Ishutov wrote: "When the Third Reich treats the Soviet people better than Putin treats the Russian people". He also allegedly stored pornographic materials involving minors on his computer hard drive and posted on Live Journal an article with comments condoning the actions of the Nazis during the Second World War, glorifying fascism and minimizing the contribution of the Soviet people to the victory in WW2.
Latest event
September 1, 2022 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Persecution begins
Konstantin Ishutov case
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Konstantin Ishutov case
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Chuvashia. On 4 October 2018 he was detained after a search, until 8 October he was in a temporary detention centre on charges of rehabilitation of Nazism. The court decided to release him from custody, but impose restrictions on certain actions: Ishutov was forbidden to leave the house from 10 pm to 6 am, to communicate with all participants in the criminal proceedings in his case, except for the lawyer and the investigator, as well as to use the Internet and mail. On 13 March 2019, it became known that Ishutov was also prosecuted for distribution of child pornography (we have no grounds to consider this charge politically motivated). The court refused to place him in custody.
On 5 April, another case of rehabilitation of Nazism was brought against Ishutov - for his 2010 post about the places of mass burial of German prisoners not recognised by the Chuvash authorities.
On 24 December 2019, Ishutov was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony. He was released in September 2022.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 354.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
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