Georgy Pesterev
Georgy Pesterev, Arkhangelsk Oblast. Charges: Article 354.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Denial of facts, justification of crimes, and dissemination of false information about the Second…); “Georgy Pesterev's case about the photo on the Immortal Regiment website”. Sentence (February 24, 2022): a fine of 250 thousand roubles. Status: at large.
In brief
Arkhangelsk Oblast · Arkhangelsk
Sentence
a fine of 250 thousand roubles
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 354.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Denial of facts, justification of crimes, and dissemination of false information about the Second World War
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, from 5 to 7 May 2020 on the website of the "Immortal Regiment Online" project Pesterev made requests to broadcast photos of Hitler, Jodl, Keitel and Rosenberg in the same row with veterans of the Great Patriotic War, signing the images of criminals with false names, "in order to cynically ridicule the idea of the Immortal Regiment movement and to rehabilitate Nazism by approving war crimes".
Latest event
March 1, 2022 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
Georgy Pesterev's case about the photo on the Immortal Regiment website
Criminal case
Georgy Pesterev's case about the photo on the Immortal Regiment website
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Arkhangelsk. The case against him was initiated on 20 October 2021, and on 24 February 2022 he was found guilty and sentenced to a fine.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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