Afanasev Andrey Nikolaevich

In February 2024, a criminal case for rehabilitating Nazism was opened against a 42-year-old local resident, Andrey Afanasyev, in the village of Kaly, Beysky District, Republic of Khakassia. According to the investigation, the man repeatedly posted materials containing information about disrespect for the veterans of the Great Patriotic War, as well as desecration of symbols of military glory, on his personal page on "Odnoklassniki" under the pseudonym "Beneficiary Sovereign. On September 27, 2019, and June 2, 2023, Afanasyev published a picture stating 'During World War II, St. George ribbons were only awarded in the RUSSIAN corps of Vlasov, who fought on the side of the NAZIS'; this picture contains the coat of arms of Nazi Germany with a St. George ribbon tied around it, as well as a photograph of the collaborator Ivan Kononov." "On September 27, 2019, he also published a picture with the text 'Everything you need to know about their victory on May 9?' with Nazi symbols and a photo of the collaborator, leader of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) Andrey Vlasov, as well as images of the Victory Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War, and a photograph of Joseph Stalin. On December 20, 2020, a picture was published on Afanasyev's page showing an eagle with the coat of arms of Nazi Germany holding the coat of arms of the USSR in its claws, and an eagle with the Russian coat of arms in which a swastika is inscribed in the center. On May 28, 2023, he also published a photo of Hitler and Himmler. The investigation calls Afanasyev a follower of the ideas of the "citizen of the USSR. Preventive measures were not chosen for the "citizen of the USSR. According to the conclusions of the psychological and psychiatric examination, he was diagnosed with a paranoid personality disorder that does not exclude his sanity. June 19, 2024, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Khakassia found Andrey Afanasyev guilty and sentenced him to one year of imprisonment in a settlement colony with deprivation of the right to place publications on the Internet for three years. Also, the court imposed on Afanasyeva a compulsory medical measure in the form of compulsory supervision and treatment by a psychiatrist in outpatient conditions at the place of serving the sentence. On August 28, 2024, the Fifth Appellate Court of General Jurisdiction left the verdict unchanged.