Mikhail Pukh
Charges: Article 354.1 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code; “Mikhail Pukh’s case for posting photos of Nazis on the “Immortal Regiment” website”. Sentence (November 17, 2025): Sentenced in absentia to 4.5 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony and banned from administering websites… Status: not in Russia.
Sentence
4 years 6 months
Sentenced in absentia to 4.5 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony and banned from administering websites for 5 years.
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in May 2021 he “posted on the website of the Russian Immortal Regiment applications containing information and photographs of Hitler, Goebbels, and the traitor to the Motherland Vlasov” with the aim of “endorsing the crimes of the Nazi regime established by the Nuremberg Tribunal.”
Latest event
November 17, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 4 years 6 months.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years 6 months
· Persecution begins
Mikhail Pukh’s case for posting photos of Nazis on the “Immortal Regiment” website
Criminal case
Mikhail Pukh’s case for posting photos of Nazis on the “Immortal Regiment” website
- Case number
- 2-0073/2025
Details and sources
Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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