Overview
- Russia's Investigative Committee said the probe is finished and the case file has been forwarded for referral to court, citing sufficient evidence.
- Markaryan is accused of insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland and of rehabilitating Nazism over videos posted on the internet.
- Investigators say one video demeaned Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Matrosov and another justified Nazi ideology and practices tied to mass persecution.
- On December 29, the Tagansky District Court in Moscow extended his pretrial detention to February 22, 2026.
- He was detained in August in Kubinka after being placed on a wanted list, with police saying he was found hiding in a car trunk on Mozhayskoye Highway.