The Leninsky District Court of Irkutsk sentenced a 20-year-old Irkutsk resident to 420 hours of community service on charges of "displaying prohibited symbols," reported the regional Investigative Committee. "Caution, news" clarified that a criminal case was initiated against piercing artist Alina Khodzhieva.
The criminal case was initiated due to a video and an image on Telegram. According to the investigation, the video contained "images and statements of a banned extremist organization," and the image, published in September 2024, contained "images with Nazi attributes and symbols."
"Kommersant," citing a source close to the case, reported that one episode involved an image of Alexei Navalny, who was killed in a colony in February 2024, and the second episode involved an image of Adolf Hitler.
In March 2024, Khodzhieva was already sentenced to seven days of arrest under an administrative protocol due to posters with a portrait of Alexei Navalny and the caption "Putin killed Navalny in prison on February 16."
Additionally, the girl was fined 40,000 rubles under a protocol for "discrediting" the army, also for posters calling to participate in the "Noon Against Putin" rally during the presidential elections and the inscription "No to war 17.03 12:00."
After the administrative case for repeated violation, a criminal case was initiated and a sentence was issued — 420 hours of community service.
* Listed as a "terrorist and extremist."