Petersburg SS men under arrest

On December 21, 2008, in St. Petersburg, on the spit of Vasilyevsky Island, law enforcement officers detained about 35 people (including 7 girls), mostly members of the Slavic Union organization, who had gathered there to celebrate the Kolyada holiday.

At the end of December 2008, it became known that an administrative penalty had been imposed under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (propaganda and public demonstration of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols) for the demonstration of Nazi symbols, throwing up hands in a Nazi salute.

It is known that the leader of the St. Petersburg SS branch "Varyag" was arrested for 15 days, one person was arrested for 5 days, 3 people were fined 500 rubles. Information about the rest of the detainees is being specified.

The report also says that earlier the commander of one of the SS units was dismissed from the ranks of the armed forces. Officers of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the North-West Federal District confiscated registered smooth-bore and rifled weapons from him.

Based on materials from right-wing radical sites.