The Investigative Committee of the Kingisepp District of the Leningrad Region initiated a case on «rehabilitation of Nazism by a group of persons by prior conspiracy». The defendants in the criminal case are schoolchildren from the 4th and 5th grades, reported «Fontanka».
On December 28, three teenagers threw snow on the Eternal Flame at the «Grove of Five Hundred» memorial on Zhukov Street, as a result of which the flame went out. This was reported to the police by the deputy head of the local administration.
Three schoolchildren were detained, the oldest is 11 years old, the other two are ten. The latter two study at a private «School of Orthodox Culture», writes «Fontanka». The materials concerning the teenagers were handed over to the inspector for juvenile affairs.
Criminal liability for most articles, including «rehabilitation of Nazism», begins at 16 years old. In this regard, the detained schoolchildren cannot become defendants in a criminal case.