Security forces detained a resident of St. Petersburg suspected of rehabilitating Nazism

The Investigative Committee in St. Petersburg reported on the detention of a local 25-year-old resident - he is suspected of rehabilitating Nazism (Part 3 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). About this on the SK website, pay attention to this “Mediazona”.

According to investigators , in May 2020, the detainee posted a photograph of Vice-Führer of the Third Reich Hermann Goering on the Immortal Regiment website, using a page on VKontakte under the name “Olexander Klatz.”

• At the end of March, security forces in St. Petersburg began to massively open criminal cases under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism due to publications on the Immortal Regiment website. Thus, criminal cases were initiated because of photographs of,, and other war criminals. Adolf Hitler Andrei Vlasov Josef Mengele - “Immortal Regiment” is a movement that has been holding memorial events in honor of May 9 since 2012. Traditionally, these are processions with portraits of participants in the Great Patriotic War. In 2020, due to the coronavirus, the event began to be held online. To participate, portraits of veterans are uploaded to the Memory Bank website.