Vasily Slonov
Vasily Slonov, born 1969, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.4 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Repeated propaganda or public display of Nazi or extremist symbols); “Vasily Slonov's case of repeated demonstration of prohibited symbols”. Sentence (September 24, 2024): one year of correctional labour with deduction of 15% of the salary to the state incomenThe court also ordered the… Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, August 2, 2024.
In brief
Krasnoyarsk Krai · Krasnoyarsk · Artists
Sentence
one year of correctional labour with deduction of 15% of the salary to the state incomenThe court also ordered the destruction of the two roly-poly dolls (nevalashka)
Upheld August 27, 2025
Charges
- Article 282.4 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Repeated propaganda or public display of Nazi or extremist symbols
Full wording of the charges
In October 2023, Slonov was fined 1,000 rubles under the article on the demonstration of extremist symbols (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Administrative Code) because of an installation with a tattooed roly-poly doll. After that, Slonov did not delete the photo of the doll (nevalashka), and, as stated in the ruling on the initiation of criminal proceedings, "at the time of November 29, 2023" on his page in "VKontakte" was available "art-object toy "nevalashka" with the applied drawing in the form of images of eight-pointed stars with blue-white rays, which are the symbols of the extremist movement AUE".
Latest event
August 27, 2025 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, August 2, 2024
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
· Persecution begins
Vasily Slonov's case of repeated demonstration of prohibited symbols
Criminal case
Vasily Slonov's case of repeated demonstration of prohibited symbols
- Case number
- 1-1417/2024
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Krasnoyarsk, artist. On February 8, 2024, he was searched at his home and studio in the case of repeated public display of prohibited symbols. The next day he went to the airport. According to Slonov, he was going to Almaty for 3-7 days to visit art museums. He was detained, the investigation demanded to detain him on the grounds that he "attempted to leave the Russian Federation". However, the judge said at a hearing on February, 10 that there was no information in the case file about the purchase or booking of a return ticket, and ordered Slonov to be placed under house arrest. On September 24, 2024, Slonov was sentenced to a year of corrective labour. The court also ordered the destruction of the two roly-poly dolls (nevalashka).
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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