In Moscow, a fine was imposed on the seller of a German coin from 1939 for “propaganda of Nazi symbols.”

On January 31, the Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow imposed a fine on designer Roman Tkachuk under the article on propaganda of Nazi symbols (part 2 of article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) for selling a 1939 German coin. Information about this was found in the file of the court by MBKh Media.

Judge Galina Talanina writes in the ruling that on December 25, Tkachuk “committed a sale in order to promote Nazi symbols,” that is, for 350 rubles he sold a coin with a denomination of two Reichsmarks of 1939 to an employee of the Center “E”. The coin depicts an eagle with a swastika.

Roman Tkachuk pleaded guilty. The court decided to fine him a thousand rubles and confiscate the coin - "the subject of an administrative offense."

The court thus ignored the amendment to the law on liability for displaying Nazi symbols adopted by the State Duma in November 2019. In particular, it states that a demonstration is not punishable when it is not propaganda or does not justify the crimes of Nazi Germany.

• In February, an Omsk court saw a demonstration of Nazi symbols in stickers with the inscriptions “If you want, we can repeat” and “Thank you to grandfather for the victory,” as well as in a picture where a Coca Cola keychain is depicted in the form of a swastika.

• In December 2019, the Anapa City Court imposed a fine of 1,000 rubles on the mother of a schoolboy who uploaded a video depicting a procession of SS troops to his VKontakte page.