Kursk Teen Charged With ‘Nazi Rehabilitation’ Over Adult Film Actor

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Russian investigators said Thursday that they have charged a 17-year-old from the Kursk region with “rehabilitating Nazism” after he allegedly submitted a

The “Faces of Victory” memorial, placed near a government building in the town of Zheleznogorsk ahead of Victory Day in May, was intended to display portraits sent in

A local activist later spotted a black-and-white

Police said they learned that a teenager submitted the

On Thursday, the regional branch of Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, announced that the teenager, who was not named, faces criminal charges.

According to investigators, the photograph of Herrington “contained signs of humiliation of the honor and dignity of veterans of the Great Patriotic War,” Russia’s term for World War II.

They added that the teen had photographed the installation and posted it on social media “for viewing and discussion

Charges of “rehabilitating Nazism” carry a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Civil rights advocates have criticized the law, signed

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