Sergey Lopatnikov
- Criminal Code
- Article 244 part 2 item a, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (open prison colony)
- Sentence
- 1 year
- Date of verdict
- 2024-04-27
- Region
- Kaliningrad Oblast
- City
- Kaliningrad
Case 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.
Others charged under Article 244 part 2 item a, Russian Criminal Code
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