Reutov court remands man in Eternal Flame desecration case

A court in Reutov, Moscow Region, has remanded a man in custody in a case concerning the desecration of an Eternal Flame memorial. The court’s press service said he would be held for two months, until December 14.

Investigators allege that on October 13 the man visited the memorial to Reutov residents who died defending their country while intoxicated. In front of other people, he allegedly poured an alcoholic drink onto the flame by the central stele and left.

The criminal case concerns desecration of a memorial commemorating those who died defending the country during the Great Patriotic War. The court’s statement also cited a threat of violence as part of the legal classification. It identified the man as A. A. Bachinin.