Fines for using swastikas on a social network

On November 9, 2016, in the Republic of Altai, a 24-year-old local resident was fined for posting Nazi symbols on a social network.

On November 9, 2016, the Magistrate's Court of the Shebalinsky District of the Republic of Altai found a 24-year-old local resident guilty of Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (public demonstration of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols). The young man was sentenced to a fine in in the amount of 1000 rubles.

In August 2016, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Altai discovered in the public domain on the social network VKontakte photos depicting a fascist swastika.

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• A resident of the Altai Republic brought to administrative responsibility for posting Nazi symbols on a social network // Official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Altai. November 11, 2016