Law enforcement authorities in the Samara area on Monday introduced a criminal examination into supposed Nazi rehab after a group of current high school finishes filmed themselves singing a patriotic Ukrainian song.The regional branch of Russias Investigative Committee, which probes major criminal activities, stated it discovered the illegal actions while keeping track of social networks.
It did not specify whether anybody was officially charged.Media reports connected the police investigation to a video revealing teenagers in the city of Tolyatti, about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) southeast of Moscow, singing: Our dad is Bandera, Ukraine is our mother.Stepan Bandera, a World War II-era Ukrainian nationalist who quickly allied with Nazi Germany, stays a dissentious figure.
Hailed by some in Ukraine as a sign of independence, he is depicted in Russian state media as emblematic of what Moscow calls Nazi ideology in modern Ukraine.Since launching its full-scale intrusion in 2022, Russia has actually effectively forbidden numerous Ukrainian nationwide signs, consisting of the flags colors and the nationwide anthem.Police detectives in Samara stated they are working to establish the complete scenarios of the incident.The charge of Nazi rehabilitation carries a maximum prison sentence of 5 years under Russian law.