Ilya Kostyakov
Ilya Kostyakov, Moscow. 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…); “Ilya Kostyakov's case of humiliating the honour and dignity of World War II veterans”. Status: location unknown.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Students
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
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
According to the investigation, no later than 5 August 2025, the defendant, aware of the popularity of one of the social networks, posted for an unlimited number of people a video that contains information about the humiliation of the inhabitants of the Siege of Leningrad as veterans of the Great Patriotic War. It is about a tiktok with the text "Think about it... residents of besieged Leningrad lived for 3 years without boba-tea...".
Latest event
August 25, 2025 — preventive measure: ban on certain activities
Timeline
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Persecution begins
Ilya Kostyakov's case of humiliating the honour and dignity of World War II veterans
Criminal case
Ilya Kostyakov's case of humiliating the honour and dignity of World War II veterans
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Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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