In Volgograd, a criminal case was opened against a 33-year-old resident of the Sverdlovsk region, who lit a cigarette from the Eternal Flame, reports the Department of the Investigative Committee for the Volgograd Region.
Uralets was detained, he is suspected under the article on desecration of burial places (part 1 of article 244 of the Criminal Code). The man faces a fine of up to 40 thousand rubles, correctional labor for up to a year or arrest for three months.
According to investigators, a resident of the Sverdlovsk region on April 2 was on the territory of the cultural heritage site «The mass grave of 24 defenders of Red Tsaritsyn and was drunk.
“Realizing that this place is a burial place for people who died as a result of historical events, the suspect used the flame of the Eternal Flame tombstone” to light a cigarette,” the UK said.