INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia has levied its first fine for likening the Soviet Union to Nazi Germany since prohibiting such comparisons earlier this month, the
Moscow-based Sova Center for Information and Analysis reported.Under the law signed by President Vladimir Putin on July 1, publicly
comparing the goals and actions of the United States S.R
and Red Army with those of the Nazi government and its army during World War II is punishable by fines of 1,000 to 2,000 rubles ($18 to $36)
or 15 days in jail.A court in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar found pensioner Vadim Kiselyov guilty of the administrative charges and
on anyone wishing to write about Soviet-era crimes.
