Volunteer of Navalny's Maikop headquarters was fined for sticker "We can repeat"

Pavel Mikhailichenko was held liable under Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for an anti-war publication on a social network.

On February 4, 2018, the Maikop City Court of the Republic of Adygea fined under part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda or demonstration Nazi symbols) of Navalny's local headquarters volunteer Pavel Mikhailichenko. He himself reported a fine of 2,000 rubles.

Reason for bringing an activist to justice served as his post on VKontakte with an anti-war text by a radio browser "Echo of Moscow" by Anton Orekh about the Victory Day parade. Mikhailichenko was attached to the post a photo with a car with the popular stickers "Thanks to grandfather for the victory!" and "If you want, we can repeat!" with a picture depicting little men with a sickle and a hammer and with a swastika instead of heads.

Mikhailichenko's publication, of course, was not aimed at promoting Nazi ideology, so we We believe he was wrongfully fined. Note also that according to Russian legislation Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses punishes for any demonstration Nazi symbols, regardless of the context, but for some reason a sticker with little men, which can often be seen on cars, attracts attention law enforcement agencies only in some cases .

Sources

• Volunteer of Navalny's headquarters fined for post with picture "We can repeat" // OVD-Info. February 5, 2018