A Siberian entrepreneur who played the Ukrainian national anthem in public has been found guilty of Nazi propaganda, a local courtsaid Thursday in the latest example of Russia's ongoing crackdown on wartime dissent.The Tyumen resident,identifiedas Vladimir Fofanov by the OVD-Info police-monitoring website, was shown performing the anthem on a piano set up on an embankment.But the citys court accused Fofanov of shouting slogans of the banned organizations UNA-UNSO and the Right Sector.Russiadeclared the far-right Ukrainian movement UNA-UNSO, part of the ultranationalist group Right Sector, a banned extremist organization after Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014.Moreover, the man posted a video of his concert on the internet, the court said.Videos of Fofanov playing the anthem posted online this week did not show him shouting or speaking the slogans he is accused of.Still, Tyumens Central District Court sentenced the suspect it identified as Vladimir F.
to 14 days in jail on misdemeanor charges of Nazi propaganda.It added that Fofanov pleaded guilty and vowed not to repeat the offense.
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