The administrator of the public “Murmansk Road Accident Emergency” was fined for a meme with a swastika and the caption “we can repeat it”

A court in Murmansk fined Stepan Romanchev, the administrator of the public page “Murmansk Road Accident Emergency”, one thousand rubles for publishing a meme with a swastika. this . reports SeverPost

The court found Romanchev guilty under Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code (propaganda or public display of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols).

The police's complaints were caused by a post where a meme with a hammer and sickle and a swastika was published, as well as the caption “We can repeat it.”

The public post included a meme with a swastika and the inscription “We can repeat it.”

Romanchev told the publication that he does not intend to appeal the court’s decision, “but from now on he will limit himself from publishing symbols that are in one way or another connected with Nazism.”

The press service of the Murmansk region police previously emphasized that the administration of “any group on a social network” must be prepared to bear responsibility for displaying Nazi symbols and extremist materials.