In Chuvashia, a musician was fined 1,500 rubles for the meme “Princess Ziga. Selected Aryan"

A court in Novocheboksarsk fined Ilnur Kamaldinov, a member of the punk band Barricades of Protest, 1,500 rubles for a meme with a swastika on VKontakte. about this . The musician told MBH Media

The young man was found guilty under the article on the public demonstration of Nazi symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Earlier, Kamaldinov was summoned to the prosecutor's office, where he was presented with several memes published on the Internet. A protocol under article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses against him was drawn up due to the publication of an image of a box with tea and a swastika with the inscription “Princess Ziga. Choice Aryan.

“At first I was charged with propaganda, but now I am charged not with propaganda of a forbidden ideology, but with a public demonstration of forbidden symbols,” Kamaldinov tells MBKh Media. “I explained to them that I am not promoting anything. And the prosecutor jumped up and was like this: “There is a public demonstration here.” And the prosecutor filed motions that no expert examination should be carried out.”

In addition, a protocol was drawn up against Kamaldinov under the article on the desecration of religious symbols (part 2 of article 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). At the prosecutor's office. He is charged with publishing a picture with Patriarch Kirill with the caption “You won’t put thanks in the church” and a photo of the procession with the caption “The psychiatric hospital is on the run, but under the supervision of orderlies.” When the trial will take place is still unknown.