Smolensk: administrative fine for publishing banned songs of the Kolovrat group

In March 2017, a court in Smolensk fined a local resident for 2,000 rubles, found guilty of publishing neo-Nazi songs on a social network group "Kolovrat".

In March 2017, Smolensk initiated administrative case under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution extremist materials).

The case was initiated against a local resident who published in network "VKontakte" videos and audio recordings with neo-Nazi songs of the group "Kolovrat".

Recall the songs of the group "Kolovrat" were recognized as extremist by the decision of the Kominternovsky district court of Voronezh and included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials (pp.1223-1252).

On March 18, the Industrial District Court of Smolensk recognized young man guilty and fined.

Sources

• Press release dated March 22, 2017 for posting on the official website of the Industrial District Court of Smolensk // Official site of the Industrial District Court of Smolensk. 2017. March 22.