Pop-MMA fighter Svyatoslav Kovalenko and his acquaintance were detained for desecrating the monument "Heroes of the Stalingrad Battle" at Mamaev Kurgan after Kovalenko threw money into a pond and encouraged passersby to retrieve it.

Pop-MMA fighter Svyatoslav Kovalenko and his acquaintance were detained for desecrating the monument "Heroes of the Stalingrad Battle" at Mamaev Kurgan after Kovalenko threw money into a pond and encouraged passersby to retrieve it.

@meduzalive 21 Aug 2026, 12:02

Sports blogger Svyatoslav Kovalenko and his acquaintance were detained for desecrating the memorial at Mamaev Kurgan in Volgograd, where they threw a five-thousand-ruble bill into the water and urged passersby to retrieve it.

@varlamov_news 21 Aug 2026, 10:49

Blogger Svyatoslav Kovalenko and another man were detained in Volgograd for desecrating the memorial complex 'Heroes of Stalingrad Battle' by allegedly throwing a banknote into the pool and filming the act.

@ovdinfolive 21 Aug 2026, 10:05

Blogger Svyatoslav Kovalenko was detained following an incident where he threw 5000 rubles into the water at the memorial on Mamaev Kurgan, despite a previously completed investigation by the Investigative Committee that found no violations.

@ostorozhno_novosti 21 Aug 2026, 10:05