In the Kostroma region, a technical school student was fined for using a swastika on a social network

On April 6, 2017, in the Kostroma region, a court fined an 18-year-old college student for using a swastika on a social network.

On April 6, 2017, the Chukhlomsky District Court of the Kostroma Region brought Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (public demonstration of Nazi symbols) of an 18-year-old student of a technical school. According to the case file, the student posted on his page on one of the social networking sites three images, " which show four-beam swastika symbols ."

When considering the case, the young man admitted guilt in committing an offense, his guilt was confirmed by other evidence collected in the case.

Taking into account the confession of guilt and repentance, the technical school student was sentenced to a fine.

The student was assigned a fine of a thousand rubles and did not take away the computer. Confiscation the subject of an administrative offense is an additional a punishment that was not applied to the young man. Sources

• Fines imposed for displaying Nazi symbols // Official website of the Chukhloma District Court of the Kostroma Region. 2017. April 7.