Sergei Sosov
Sergei Sosov, born 1977, Tula Oblast. 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…); “Sergei Sosov's case on the rehabilitation of Nazism”. Sentence (December 7, 2023): 3 years of forced labour. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since June 5, 2023. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 28, 2024.
In brief
Tula Oblast · Tula · Engineers
Sentence
3 years of forced labour
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
The reason for the prosecution was a collage published on his page on the social network "VKontakte" in June 2021. It was a photo from the "Immortal Regiment", where the portrait of a veteran on one of the placards was replaced by a photo of Adolf Hitler.
Latest event
May 28, 2024 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, May 28, 2024
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Sergei Sosov's case on the rehabilitation of Nazism
Criminal case
Sergei Sosov's case on the rehabilitation of Nazism
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Resident of Tula. He was arrested three times under part 1 of article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences (public display of prohibited symbols): twice for publications with Nazi symbols, which, in our view, were not aimed at promoting Nazism, and once for symbols of Navalny's structures. Sosov was also fined under part 2 of article 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offences (intentional public desecration of religious literature, objects of veneration, paraphernalia, or their defacement or destruction) for publishing collages with icons. A criminal case on the rehabilitation of Nazism was initiated against him because he published a collage with photos of the participants of the "Immortal Regiment" with portraits of veterans, instead of one of whom was Hitler. On 7 December 2023, Sosov was sentenced to three years of forced labour. In December 2024, Sosov was detained for evading the work, and the court placed him in custody on 20 December. Later his sentence was commuted to three years in a general regime penal colony.
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