US EditionRussian authorities launch ‘rehabilitating Nazism’ case over children throwing snow at eternal flame monument
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Russian authorities have detained three schoolchildren aged ten to eleven who used snowballs to put out the eternal flame at a memorial in the city of Kingisepp in the Leningrad Region, which is intended to commemorate the mass executions of Red Army soldiers during the Civil War in 1919. The Russian exile website Meduza reports that the authorities are investigating the young men for "rehabilitating Nazism."
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism after three schoolchildren extinguished the Eternal Flame in Kingisepp, Leningrad Region, with snow. This was reported by “Fontanka” with reference to a source in the Investigative Committee.
In the Leningrad Region, police officers detained three schoolchildren who threw snow at the Eternal Flame at the Grove of Five Hundred Memorial in Kingisepp, Fontanka reports.
Russian police have arrested two children, aged 10 and 11, in the Leningrad region for throwing snow at the eternal flame at the Kingisepp military memorial, causing it to go out, Meduza reports. Investigators have opened a case on charges of "rehabilitating Nazism", which is punishable by up to five years in prison. However, under Russian law, children under the age of 16 cannot be convicted, so the case was transferred to the juvenile justice …
In the Russian Federation, schoolchildren threw snow at the Eternal Flame - a criminal case has been openedThree schoolchildren aged 10-11 threw snow at the Eternal Flame in the Leningrad region. A criminal case has been opened against the children for "rehabilitation of Nazism."
In Kingisepp, Leningrad Region, schoolchildren threw snow at the Eternal Flame at the Grove of Five Hundred Memorial, as a result of which the flame went out. The Office of the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for desecrating a symbol of military glory. According to preliminary data, the case was opened under Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code (desecration of symbols of Russia's military glory, insulting the memory of th…
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