MOSCOW (Reuters) – A person with twin U.S.-Russian nationality has been positioned in pre-trial custody in St Petersburg for “rehabilitating Nazism” in posts on social media, the town’s court docket service mentioned on Saturday.
Yuri Malev was charged over posts wherein he was alleged to have denigrated the St George’s ribbon, an emblem of Russian navy valour. One contained obscene language and the opposite confirmed an image of a corpse sporting the ribbon.
The court docket service mentioned this confirmed disrespect for society and insulted the reminiscence of the Nice Patriotic Battle, as Russians consult with World Battle Two.
The assertion mentioned Malev, who was detained in St. Petersburg on Friday, had “partially admitted guilt”, however didn’t elaborate. He was positioned in custody till Feb. 7.
Final week, a Russian court docket prolonged the pre-trial detention of Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, charged with failing to register as a “foreign agent”, an offence that carries as much as 5 years in jail.
