Denis Savostyanov
Denis Savostyanov, born 1976, Khakassia. 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…); “Abakan resident's case of rehabilitation of Nazism on the Internet”. Sentence (September 5, 2025): 1 year's suspended sentence with 2 years' probation period and a 3 years' ban on posting materials on the internet. Status: at large.
In brief
Khakassia · Abakan
Sentence
1 year
s suspended sentence with 2 years' probation period and a 3 years' ban on posting materials on 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
According to the investigation, the suspect posted a message on his personal page in one of the social networks with a negative assessment of the Day of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The publication was on the man's personal page in general access for an unlimited number of users.
Latest event
September 5, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 1 year.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year
· Persecution begins
Abakan resident's case of rehabilitation of Nazism on the Internet
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Abakan resident's case of rehabilitation of Nazism on the Internet
- Case number
- 2-12/2025
Details and sources
Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.