Acquitted of participation in the March 26 protest was fined for using Nazi symbols on social networks

An elderly participant in the March 26 action in Arkhangelsk, Marina Venchikova, was fined one thousand rubles in an administrative case for demonstrating Nazi symbols. The publication “Dvina Today” is about this.

reports Venchikova was detained on March 26 at a rally, where she came with her granddaughter. At the police department, where a report was drawn up against her for violating the rules of holding a public event, she became ill and was taken to the hospital. March 31, but the judge refused to consider her case on the same day due to her poor health. Later the court due to the lack of elements of the offense.

she was forcibly taken from the hospital to court because her case was dismissed. However, it later became known that a report had also been drawn up against Venchikova in connection with the posting of Nazi symbols on social networks. Lawyer Ilya Utkin, who represented Venchikova’s interests in court, convinced the court that his client was not engaged in propaganda, Dvina Today reports. However, she was still fined.