The investigation petitions for the arrest of the men who desecrated the memorial on Mamayev Kurgan

The investigation is asking for the arrest of two men who desecrated the memorial complex “Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” in Volgograd, the press service of the Russian Investigative Committee told RIA Novosti.

According to the investigation, on July 24, the suspects, while on the territory of the memorial complex “Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” on Mamayev Kurgan, threw a 5 thousand ruble banknote into the reservoir surrounding the “Stand to the Death!” monument, calling on visitors to the memorial to take it out. At the same time, one of the defendants, pretending to be a random passerby, jumped into the water to get money. They filmed what was happening on their phone and then posted the video on one of the social networks.

Based on this fact, a criminal case is being investigated regarding the desecration of military graves and a memorial structure perpetuating the memory of those killed in defense of the Fatherland, committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy.