In Sochi, the prosecutor's office continues a decisive fight against antiques sellers

This time, the seller of the World War II knife received five days of administrative arrest.

February 20, 2017 Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory reported that in Sochi he was sentenced to 5 days of arrest for Art. 20.3 Administrative Code (public display of Nazi symbols) seller military antiques.

The 38-year-old Sochi resident was found guilty of posting on one of the sites is an advertisement for the sale of a German knife with the symbols of the Third Reich. The knife was confiscated.

From our point of view, Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses should not be applied to antique dealers, but to modern manufacturers of items with Nazi and neo-Nazi symbols (badges, clothes, copies of weapons, etc.) and distributors of similar products. In addition, we believe that the confiscation of goods in such cases unjustified, since antiques represent material value, and not a propaganda tool at all. It also seems unreasonable destruction of antiques after confiscation because they represent and historical value and can be transferred to the museum.

Formerly Central District Court Sochi fined an antique dealer a thousand rubles, the same amount who sold a Nazi badge for 100 rubles, was fined a Sochi resident who sold a German helmet made in 1940.

Sources

• In Sochi, a person who tried to sell Nazi paraphernalia was placed under administrative arrest // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory. February 20, 2017