In Chuvashia, a case of posting images of Nazi symbols on the Internet has been sent to court.

On April 9, 2015, in Chuvashia, the prosecutor's office sent an administrative case to the court on the fact of posting on the Internet in open access images intended for public display Nazi symbols and paraphernalia.

On April 9, 2015, the prosecutor's office of the Kalininsky district of the city of Cheboksary announced that an administrative offense case was initiated against a resident of the city of Cheboksary under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda and public display of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols, or public display of paraphernalia or symbols of extremist organizations).

The basis for the inspection was the information received by the district prosecutor's office from the Center "E" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Chuvash Republic about the placement by one of the Internet users of materials aimed at publicly demonstrating fascist symbols and paraphernalia. A number of photographs were posted on the user's page of one of the social networks, " which, among other things, contain a graphic image of the Nazi swastika, as well as a graphic image of A. Hitler ."

The district prosecutor's office sent an administrative case on the fact of posting on the Internet in the public domain " images aimed at public demonstration of Nazi symbols and paraphernalia " for consideration by the Kalininsky District Court of the city of Cheboksary. Sources

• The prosecutor's office of the Kalininsky district of Cheboksary took measures to bring to justice the person who posted extremist materials on the Internet // Official website of the Prosecutor's Office of Chuvashia. 2015. 9 April.