18:24, 18 November 2025

The sentence for two Dagestani women who drank coffee at the Eternal Flame has been increased.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan fined two residents of the republic 2 million rubles each for insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland.

As reported by Kavkazsky Uzel, in early March 2025, the Supreme Court of Dagestan sentenced two Makhachkala residents to one year of suspended imprisonment for brewing coffee over the Eternal Flame in June 2023.

The court found that in 2023, the women brewed coffee in Turkish coffee pots over the Eternal Flame near the Liberator Soldier Monument in Makhachkala's central park. They were found guilty of publicly insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland. .

"The convicted were sentenced to a fine of 2 million rubles each," the Dagestan prosecutor's office reported today on its website.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that the court sentenced four Dagestani residents to prison terms in a penal colony who had previously publicly apologized for desecrating the Eternal Flame in Nevinnomyssk.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/417295