A resident of the Rostov region was fined for a video with Tom and Jerry with a swastika

Maxim Katigarokh brought to justice under Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.

On June 23, 2021, it became known that the Bagaevsky District Court of the Rostov Region under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (public demonstration of prohibited symbols) fined a local resident Maxim Katigarokh for one thousand rubles.

According to the court order, on March 27, 2021, on his VKontakte page, he published "a cartoon "Tom and Jerry" depicting Nazi symbols."

We tend to believe that Katigaroh was wrongfully prosecuted. For similar videos with Tom and Jerry, users of social networks have already been tried to be held accountable in several regions, we believe that there were no grounds for this: punishment for demonstrating Nazi symbols should be only if it is aimed at promoting the corresponding ideology. In addition, according to the note in Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, the provisions of the article do not apply to cases of using Nazi paraphernalia, in which a negative attitude towards the ideology of Nazism is formed and there are no signs of propaganda or justification of Nazi ideology.

Sources

• Resolution on case No. 5-561/2021 // Bagaevsky district court of the Rostov region. 2021. June 15.
• A resident of the Rostov region was fined for reposting "Tom and Jerry" with a swastika // Znak.com. 2021. June 23.