No Putin didn't put a law in making it a crime to deny the holocaust. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_Holocaust_denial Holocaust denial laws by country Russia "Main article: Law Against Rehabilitation of Nazism In May 2014, Russia's President Vladimir Putin signed a law making the denial of Nazi crimes and "wittingly spreading false information about the activity of the USSR during the years of World War Two" or portraying Nazis as heroes a criminal offence.71" Hardly Holocaust denial. And the source 71 is forward a Jewish news source and when you read the article there is a lot of "the wording is unknown" and "the new law would" and no actually specifics about Holocaust only denying Russia's successes in the wat and against revival of Nazism itself. If I am wrong then find me a translation of the Russian law on the books which makes it a crime to deny the Holocaust specifically.