Overview
- The Moscow Investigative Committee formally charged Zaur Ismailov on December 6 for desecrating a veterans’ monument, and he fully admitted guilt and expressed remorse.
- Authorities had opened a criminal case and detained him after the widely shared video filmed at Dmitry Mikhailik Square in Moscow.
- Bailiff records reviewed by RIA Novosti list 72 enforcement proceedings against Ismailov, with six closed due to an inability to locate the debtor or assets and 66 still active.
- The outstanding obligations total nearly 700,000 rubles and involve unpaid traffic fines, credit debt, taxes, and other property recoveries to state budgets and private parties.
- The video was posted on Instagram, a service owned by Meta whose activities are restricted in Russia, reflecting how social-media posts can trigger criminal investigations over memorial desecration.