On July 21, 2008, the Soviet District Court of Bryansk convicted Dmitry Kovalev, who distributed the film " "Russia with a knife in the back. Jewish fascism and the genocide of the Russian people .
The man was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity) and sentenced to pay a fine of 25,000 rubles.
The investigation found that from September 2006 to September 2007, D. Kovalev instructed the sellers of his Patriot store to inform customers about the availability of DVDs with this film in the store, recommend purchasing it, and also offer to burn this film on DVD discs . Thus, at least five discs with the film were sold.
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