Ilya Kostyakov
- Criminal Code
- Article 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Case summary
A student of the Russian State Social University. In August 2025, a case of humiliation of honour and dignity of veterans of the Great Patriotic War was brought against him because of a tiktok with the text "Think about it... the residents of besieged Leningrad lived for 3 years without boba-tea...".
The case was initiated after the video was noticed by the head of the Safe Internet League Ekaterina Mizulina. She called such jokes unacceptable and said that her team had asked the Interior Ministry to conduct a check on the tiktoker.
On 25 August, the student was given a ban on certain actions as a preventive measure.
Two weeks before the criminal charge, on 11 August, Kostyakov was arrested for 15 days on an administrative case of petty hooliganism.
Others charged under Article 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
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