A court in Russia's northwestern city of St. Petersburg on June 5 sentenced U.S.-Russian citizen Yury Malev to 3 1/2 years of colony settlement on a charge of "rehabilitating Nazism." Colony settlement is a dormitory-like penitentiary located near an industrial facility where convicts work alongside regular employees. The charge against the 60-year-old Malev stemmed from two online posts in which, according to investigators, he desecrated St. George's ribbon. The orange-and-black striped ribbon, which dates to 1769, has become a symbol of support for Russia's war in Ukraine. Malev pleaded guilty. To read the original story by RFE/RL's North.Realities, click here.
U.S. Citizen Convicted Of 'Rehabilitating Nazism' In Russia
A display of St. George's ribbons (file photo)