TIKTOK DANCING ON MAMAYEV KURGAN MEMORIAL COMPLEX LED INTO CRIMINAL CASE

TIKTOK DANCING ON MAMAYEV KURGAN MEMORIAL COMPLEX LED INTO CRIMINAL CASE

TIKTOK DANCING ON MAMAYEV KURGAN MEMORIAL COMPLEX LED INTO CRIMINAL CASE
The day before, a resident of Volgograd Kirill Yezhov posted a video of his half-naked dances on Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex on TikTok social network. When giving an explanation of this act, the young man mentioned that in this way he hoped to attract an additional audience.

Tiktoker's performance at Mamayev Kurgan did not go unnoticed. The video attracted the attention of law enforcement agencies that saw the elements of a crime in the actions of dancer.

The fact is that the place where Yezhov was dancing is a mass grave of over 34 thousand people.

At the moment, a criminal case has been initiated under Article 244 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The young man admitted his guilt and law enforcement officers are engaged in establishing all the circumstances of the incident.

The article incriminated to Yezhov provides for liability for desecration of the bodies of the deceased and places of their burial. Penalties include a fine, compulsory or corrective labor, and even arrest.

The blogger has already released a video in which he apologizes for what he had done, calling the video “terrible”. Yezhov noted that he respects the veterans and the fallen soldiers, and also indicated that the video had already been removed from his social networks and promised that this would never happen again.


25.02.2021