Alexander Panasenko
Alexander Panasenko, Kemerovo Oblast. 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…); “Alexander Panasenko's case of desecration of the St. George's ribbon”. Sentence (April 21, 2025): 4 years and 4 months of imprisonment in a general-regime colony, with a 3-year prohibition on engaging in activities… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 21, 2025; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 2, Kemerovo Oblast.
In brief
Kemerovo Oblast · Kemerovo
Sentence
4 years 4 months
4 years and 4 months of imprisonment in a general-regime colony, with a 3-year prohibition on engaging in activities related to posting materials on information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet.
No information about an appeal ruling.
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
The case was initiated over a VKontakte comment that read, “I bought it, so I’ll piss on it myself. And I don’t care who got offended by this.”
Latest event
May 8, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years 4 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast
· Persecution begins
Alexander Panasenko's case of desecration of the St. George's ribbon
Criminal case
Alexander Panasenko's case of desecration of the St. George's ribbon
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Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 2, Kemerovo Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
654034, Кемеровская область, г. Новокузнецк, ул. Полосухина, 3, ФКУ СИЗО-2 ГУФСИН России по Кемеровской области, Панасенко Александр Олегович, 1993 г.р.
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Full summary
Resident of Kemerovo. In November 2024, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against him for desecrating symbols of military glory in connection with a post in which he promised to defecate on the St. George ribbon. Earlier, Panasenko had been held administratively liable under the article on the display of Nazi symbols and was sentenced to one year of corrective labor in a criminal case for repeated display of such symbols (we do not know the details of that case). He was also twice given suspended sentences under the article on drug possession (we have no grounds to consider those prosecutions politically motivated). On April 21, 2025, he was sentenced to four years and four months in a general-regime penal colony.
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