Denis Savostyanov
- Criminal Code
- Article 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Suspended prison sentence
- Sentence
- 1 year
- Date of verdict
- 2025-09-05
- Region
- Khakassia
- City
- Abakan
Case summary
Resident of Abakan. In June 2025 became a suspect in a criminal case on rehabilitation of Nazism on the Internet because of a post in one of the social networks with a negative assessment of the Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War. On 5 September he was sentenced to a year of probation.
In 2021 Savostyanov was sentenced to two years of probation in a case of calls for extremism on the Internet, details are unknown.
Others charged under Article 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
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