Sergey Lopatnikov
Sergey Lopatnikov, Kaliningrad Oblast. Charges: Article 244 part 2 item a, Russian Criminal Code; “The case of the picnic at the Eternal Flame in Kaliningrad”. Sentence (April 27, 2024): 1 year of imprisonment in a colony-settlement. Status: at large.
In brief
Kaliningrad Oblast · Kaliningrad · Entrepreneurs
Sentence
1 year
of imprisonment in a colony-settlement
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, together with Inna Karaulova he arranged a picnic, jumped over the Eternal Flame and stole a basket with flowers at the memorial complex to 1200 Guardsmen in Kaliningrad.
Latest event
April 1, 2025 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The case of the picnic at the Eternal Flame in Kaliningrad
Criminal case
The case of the picnic at the Eternal Flame in Kaliningrad
Other defendants in the case
- Inna Karakulova — Location unknown, 6 months
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of the Sverdlovsk region. At the end of February 2024, he was detained as part of a case of abuse of a gravestone in connection with a picnic at the Eternal Flame in Kaliningrad. Lopatnikov was placed under house arrest. On 27 April 2024, he was sentenced to a year in a penal colony. Presumably, he was released in April 2025.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 244 part 2 item a, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.