Yabloko Candidate Fined Over Motörhead Post

A protocol was issued against Yabloko candidate Dmitry Smirnov for displaying 'extremist' symbolism due to a post with a photo...

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Police in Nizhny Novgorod initiated an administrative case against Dmitry Smirnov for displaying 'extremist' symbolism.
The case stems from a December 29, 2015, post on VKontakte honoring Lemmy Kilmister, the lead singer of Motörhead.
The post included a photo of Kilmister wearing a German cross around his neck.
Smirnov is a candidate for the State Duma from the Yabloko party.
A representative from the Pensioners' Party, Alexey Rizovatov, filed a lawsuit to remove Smirnov from the election.
The Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court is scheduled to hear the case on September 7.
Smirnov stated he was not offended by the incident and argued the cross was a pre-Nazi Prussian award, not a Nazi symbol.
Smirnov claimed the photo was found via automated search software, not manual review.

Smirnov mentioned that the photo was posted on his wall, not in albums, and that he had published thousands of posts over 11 years. — tg_radiosvoboda
Yabloko noted that another Yabloko candidate, Yaroslav Shcherbakov from Chelyabinsk, is also being targeted in court for allegedly violating copyright by posting a video of a Banksy artwork and quoting Andrei Sakharov. — tg_radiosvoboda
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