Voronezh Region man fined for showing illegal tattoos online
A 48-year-old Novovoronezh resident was fined 1,000 rubles (approximately $11 at current rates) by a local court for publicly displaying extremist symbols, found guilty under Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. He displayed the prohibited items on his own body—by posting original photo portraits with tattoos on his personal page on VK. Police stumbled upon this exhibition during operational monitoring and came to the artist with a protocol.
We cannot publish this artwork, but here is a vivid description from the united press service of the courts of Voronezh Region:
The accused publishes photographs showing tattoos on his shoulders and knees depicting a white eight-pointed star with partially blacked-out petals, as well as a white sixteen-pointed star with partially blacked-out petals.
The grim images are nothing but symbols of a movement promoting prisoner subculture—it is recognized as extremist and banned by a decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated August 17, 2020. And the fellow got off lightly: a fine of 1,000 rubles (approximately $11) is the minimum punishment for publicly displaying extremist and Nazi attributes. Monetary punishment can reach up to 2,000 rubles (approximately $22), and for the most hardened «demonstrators,» arrest for up to 15 days is prescribed.
