Pyotr Skrypnyk
Pyotr Skrypnyk, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 329, Russian Criminal Code (Desecration of the state symbols of the Russian Federation); Article 354.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Insulting the memory, symbols, and veterans of the Great Patriotic War); “The case of the spit-in-the-box”. Sentence (September 22, 2025): 1 year's deprivation of liberty in a penal colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to participation in… Status: location unknown.
In brief
Sentence
1 year
s deprivation of liberty in a penal colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to participation in public and mass events for a period of 2 years
Upheld November 27, 2025
Charges
- Article 329, Russian Criminal Code — Desecration of the state symbols of the Russian Federation.
- Article 354.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Insulting the memory, symbols, and veterans of the Great Patriotic War
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in September 2024, in a state of alcohol intoxication, he spat into a box for collecting humanitarian aid, which "expressed his extremely negative attitude to the defenders of the Fatherland, desecrating the symbol of Russia's military glory - the St. George ribbon, and a negative attitude to the state's policy on the conduct of the NWO, committing abuse of the State Flag of the Russian Federation".
Latest event
November 27, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year
· Persecution begins
The case of the spit-in-the-box
Criminal case
The case of the spit-in-the-box
- Case number
- 1-37/2025
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Crimea. A case on desecration of the symbol of military glory and abuse of the state symbol was opened against him because he spat in a box for collecting humanitarian aid for the Russian military. The box depicted a Z-shaped St George's ribbon and the flag of the Russian Federation. On 22 September 2025, Skrypnyk was sentenced to a year in a penal colony.
Other people prosecuted under Article 329, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.