Valentina Unagaeva
Biography
Resident of Ulan-Ude. On 20 June 2025, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that a criminal case was opened against her under the article on desecration of symbols of Russia's military glory. The case was initiated because the woman climbed on the monument to the Red Army soldiers and partisans who fell on 2 March 1920 in the battles for the liberation of Verkhneudinsk. She sat on the neck of one of the sculptures and shouted: "Well done me!". Three of her friends were present nearby. After the arrest, the woman said she was drunk and apologised on camera.
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Resident of Ulan-Ude. On 20 June 2025, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that a criminal case was opened against her under the article on desecration of symbols of Russia's military glory. The case was initiated because the woman climbed on the monument to the Red Army soldiers and partisans who fell on 2 March 1920 in the battles for the liberation of Verkhneudinsk. She sat on the neck of one of the sculptures and shouted: "Well done me!". Three of her friends were present nearby. After the arrest, the woman said she was drunk and apologised on camera.
On 19 September 2025, the court sentenced her to ten months of corrective labour.
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