Mikhail Pukh
- Criminal Code
- Article 354.1 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (in absentia)
- Sentence
- 4 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2025-11-17
Case summary
A citizen of Ukraine, originally from Mariupol. A case of rehabilitation of Nazism was opened against him in absentia. According to the investigation, in May 2021, Mikhail Pukh "placed applications on the website of the Russian Immortal Regiment containing information and photos of Hitler, Goebbels and the traitor to the Motherland Vlasov" with the aim of "approving the crimes of the Nazi regime established by the Nuremberg Tribunal".
In August 2025, his case came before the Moscow City Court. On 17 November, the court sentenced him in absentia to four and a half years in a general regime colony.
Others charged under Article 354.1 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code
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