Kursk: Convicted for displaying Nazi symbols on the VKontakte network

On May 12, 2011 the prosecutor's office of the Seimsky administrative district of the city Kursk reported that a sentence had been passed under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (propaganda and public display of Nazi symbols) in relation to a 21-year-old M.

He was sentenced to a fine of Rs.

In the course of an audit conducted by the District Attorney's Office, it was established that M. posted on the Internet on the personal page "VKontakte" an image of a Nazi symbols with the text "The object is guarded by the Nazis." According to the young man, the symbols were posted " to protect the web page ".

Sources

• The prosecutor's office of the Seimsky administrative district revealed the facts of public display of Nazi symbols // Official website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Kursk region. 2011. May 12.