Andrei Tishchenko
- Criminal Code
- Article 354.1 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war cases
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Suspended prison sentence
- Sentence
- 2 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2025-04-29
- Region
- Saint Petersburg
- City
- Saint Petersburg
Case summary
A resident of St Petersburg. On 5 August 2024 he was searched. He was prosecuted for rehabilitation of Nazism in connection with the publication of a satirical text about referendums in the occupied territories: he compared the situation in the self-proclaimed LPR and DNR with a hypothetical referendum during the siege of Leningrad. On 29 April 2025, Tishchenko was given two and a half years of suspended sentence.
Others charged under Article 354.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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