Bill banning public identification of USSR with Third Reich becomes law in Russia
A legislative proposal to ban public identification of the role of the USSR and Nazi Germany in World War II has become law. The document signed by President Vladimir Putin is published on the official website of legal information.
State Duma lawmakers adopt ban on public demonstration of Nazi leaders
A bill prohibiting public demonstration of images of Nazi Germany leaders passed its third and final reading in Russia’s State Duma on Wednesday.
Bill to ban public identification of USSR with Third Reich adopted by State Duma
A legislative proposal to ban public identification of the role of the USSR and Nazi Germany in World War II passed its third and final reading in the lower house of parliament on Wednesday.
State Duma MPs push idea to ban public identification of USSR with Third Reich
The lower house of Russian parliament passed a draft law banning the public identification of the role of the USSR and Nazi Germany in World War II in the second reading on Tuesday.
Two Russian men charged with rehabilitation of Nazism
Investigators brought charges against two men, who had allegedly published images of Nazi criminals on the Immortal Regiment website.
Two men suspected of publication of Nazi photo on Immortal Regiment site plead guilty
Two suspects in a case over publishing photos of Nazi criminals on the Immortal Regiment website acknowledged themselves in the wrong.
New cases opened over publication of Nazi photo on Immortal Regiment site
Investigators opened new criminal cases against two Russian nationals and two citizens of Ukraine, who had attempted to publish photos of Nazi criminals on the Immortal Regiment website.
Russia’s Investigative Committee conducts probe at WWII mass grave site in Bryansk
Officers the Russian Investigative Committee in cooperation with experts with the civil society movement engaged in search for the soldiers and civilians perished in the Great Patriotic War are working on extraction and identification of the remains of those killed at the location of the Dulag-142 concentration camp in the city of Bryansk as part of a criminal case on the genocide of the peoples of the USSR.
State Duma Defense Committee backs ban on public identification of USSR with Third Reich
The State Duma's Defense Committee has supported a bill banning the public identification of the role of the USSR and Nazi Germany in World War II.
Voronezh court fines user over publishing Hitler photo on Immortal Regiment site
The Voronezh Regional Court has imposed a fine on local resident Alexander Khoroshiltsev, who posted a photo of Adolf Hitler on the Immortal Regiment website.
Six people convicted of Nazism rehabilitation in Russia in 2020
Six people were convicted of whitewashing Nazism in the Russian Federation last year, according by the official statistics presented by the Supreme Court’s Justice Department.
Russian court upholds refusal to rehabilitate man charged with helping Nazi invaders
The Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction has examined an opinion of the Deputy Prosecutor of the Smolensk Region on the refusal to rehabilitate a person convicted for treason.
Nazism rehabilitarion case launched against ex-professor of Russian academy
A criminal case over the Nazism rehabilitation has been opened against a former professor of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Vladimir Matveyev.
Investigators join proceedings over cases of genocide against civilians during WWII
Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case over genocide of the peoples of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War joining in it all cases of Nazi crimes against civilians under investigation.
Voronezh resident faces trial over publishing Nazi photos on Immortal Regiment site
The Voronezh Regional Court will hear a case against local resident Alexander Khoroshiltsev over posting of the photo of Adolf Hitler on the Immortal Regiment movement’s website.
Parliament’s lower house greenlights tough sanctions for Nazism rehabilitation
The State Duma passed a draft law on stiff criminal and administrative penalties for rehabilitation of Nazism with the use of Internet in the first reading on Wednesday.
Genocide case opened over mass murders of Krasnodar Krai civilians in 1940s
A genocide case has been opened over mass shooting of civilians on Kuban, Krasnodar Krai, by Nazi criminals in 1942-1943.
Russian man fined $1,700 for publishing Nazi photos on Immortal Regiment site
A court fined resident of Russia’s Kemerovo Dmitry Borodayenko 125,000 rubles ($1,700) for publishing photos of Nazi criminals on the website of the Immortal Regiment movement.
Russian resident faces trial on Nazism justification allegations
The Supreme court of Russia’s Komi Republic will hear a case against a 55-year old resident of the town of Vorkuta over online denial of the Nazi crimes.
Russia’s civic activist urges cooperation of politicians, rights advocates to fight neo-Nazism
Russia and foreign countries need to join efforts of politicians, human rights activists, and experts as to the monitoring of manifestations of resurgence of neo-Nazi phenomena and improve relevant mechanisms aimed to counter this problem, Russia’s Civic Chamber member Alexander Brod believes.