A Dagestani resident has been accused of rehabilitating Nazism.

Investigators have discovered "distorting historical information about the events of World War II" in the posts of a Dagestani resident.

A Dagestani resident has been charged with rehabilitating Nazism using the internet (Part 2 of Article 354.1 of the Russian Criminal Code). This article carries a sentence of up to five years in prison or forced labor.

The criminal prosecution was based on the man's posts on a messaging app. The investigation concluded that he disseminated "illegal materials, including those distorting historical information about the events of World War II," the republic's Investigative Committee reported today.

According to investigators, the purpose of the posts, which were accessible to an unlimited number of users, was to deny the facts established by the verdict of the International Military Tribunal.

The agency did not specify whether the accused had admitted his guilt. Investigators also did not indicate the village in which the defendant lives or what pretrial detention measure was chosen for him. Caucasian Knot also reported that Elista resident Elveg Khartskhaev has been in pretrial detention for over seven months on charges of disrespecting Russia's military glory days. The reason for the historian's prosecution was a social media post published about ten years ago.