Vandals detained in St. Petersburg

On January 24, 2010, in the Kirovsky district of St. Petersburg, two men were detained for painting a swastika on the wall of a house.

A 20-year-old native of Uzbekistan and a previously convicted 24-year-old native of Stavropol were caught red-handed at house number 4 on Ivan Chernykh Street (near the Narvskaya metro station). The men used a stencil to draw the inscription "WE ARE BACK" and the swastika sign on the house.

A criminal case has been initiated under Part 2 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (vandalism motivated by ethnic hatred).

Sources

• Vandals who painted a swastika on the walls were detained in the Kirovsky district //Metro. 2010. January 25.
• Kuznetsov M. They returned // MR7.Ru. 2010. January 25.