Unknown male 294
Unknown male 294, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 354.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Insulting the memory, symbols, and veterans of the Great Patriotic War); “The case of shouting "Heil Hitler" in a shopping mall”. Sentence (March 10, 2025): 120 hours of compulsory labour, to be released from the execution of the sentence, taking into account the time spent in… Status: at large.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg
Sentence
120 hours of compulsory labour, to be released from the execution of the sentence, taking into account the time spent in custody
Upheld May 12, 2025
Charges
- Article 354.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Insulting the memory, symbols, and veterans of the Great Patriotic War
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the prosecution was a "social experiment", during which the young man raised his hand in a Nazi salute and shouted "Heil Hitler" twice while being in the café in the "Mercury" shopping mall in Primorskii District of St. Petersburg.
Latest event
May 12, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld, released from serving the sentence
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict, released from serving the sentence
· Persecution ends
· Persecution begins
The case of shouting "Heil Hitler" in a shopping mall
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The case of shouting "Heil Hitler" in a shopping mall
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of St Petersburg. On 11 March 2024 it became known that he was detained. A case was opened against him for insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland because, while in the café in the "Mercury" shopping mall, he raised his hand in a Nazi salute and shouted "Heil Hitler" twice. Later the teenager claimed that before this would happen, unknown people approached him and offered to participate in a social experiment. Its goal, according to the young man, was to show that no one would react to such actions. The video with the deed was published on the Internet. The teenager was in custody for some time. On 10 March 2025, he was sentenced to 120 hours of compulsory labour, but taking into account the time he'd already spent in custody, he was released from the execution of the sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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