Suspects of desecration of the memorial “Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” were detained in Volgograd

Two suspects were detained for desecrating the memorial complex “Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” in Volgograd. The Investigative Committee of Russia reported this to Lenta.ru.

Men aged 31 and 36 years are suspected of a crime under paragraphs “a” and “b” of Part 2 of Article 243.4 (“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”) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

We are talking about pop MMA fighter Svyatoslav Kovalenko and his friend. On July 24, he and a friend threw a five-thousand ruble bill into the water near the memorial and watched as passers-by tried to get it. As a result, the man jumped into the water to get money. This was filmed, which was later published on social networks.