Four teenagers in Ufa have become defendants in a criminal case for "desecration of a burial site"—they allegedly extinguished the Eternal Flame in a city park.
A video of the fire being put out was опубликовано The TASS news agency's Telegram channel reported the incident, citing regional law enforcement agencies as the source. The recording doesn't make it clear what the teenagers were doing, but the fire went out 10 seconds after they left.
The children were found almost immediately, detained and “handed over to investigative authorities” – that’s how it was commented The incident was reported to UFA1.RU by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Bashkortostan.
“A criminal case has been opened on the grounds of a crime under Article 244 of the Russian Criminal Code (desecration of a burial site),” сообщили investigators.
The eternal flame in Yakutov Park is part of a memorial at the mass grave of participants in the revolutionary movement and the civil war, buried here in 1918.
The teenagers are 15-16 years old and are currently undergoing "investigative actions to determine the motives for their actions." Given that the students acted as a "group," they face up to five years in prison.
TASS video