Antique dealer fined for swastika on coin

On June 5, 2008 in Samara, the Magistrate's Court sentenced DV Voronov, General Director of Oniks-1 LLC (Antik store), to a fine of 500 rubles under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (public demonstration of Nazi symbols).

The reason was a coin from the Third Reich with the image of a swastika, exhibited in a shop window.

Sources

• Message from the Prosecutor's Office of the Samara Region // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Samara Region. 2008. June 24.