ST. PETERSBURG, July 19 A swastika-like tattoo on the chest of St. Petersburg resident Andrei Razin led to a sentence the first sentence in the history of the city for repeated propaganda of Nazism, follows from the message of the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg.
“The Vyborg District Court… announced a verdict against Andrei Razin, who was found guilty of committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (repeated propaganda or public display of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols — ed.),” the message says. 
According to the judicial press service, on June 24, 2023, Razin, having already been punished for public display of Nazi symbols under an administrative article, decided to photograph his tattoo “depicting a graphic symbol, outwardly confusingly similar to the symbols (swastika) of Nazi Germany.” This happened on the sports ground on Komissar Smirnov Street.
«»In the presence of persons in close proximity to him, (he) exposed the upper part of his body, taking off his T-shirt and thereby making the tattoo visible to an indefinite circle of people, made a photograph depicting him with his bare upper body, on which the above tattoo is clearly visible. After which Razin posted this photo in the Telegram messenger on the White scouts channel page,” said the press service of the St. Petersburg courts.
Razin partially admitted his guilt.
According to the judicial press service, he was sentenced “to imprisonment for a period of 2.5 years in a strict regime penal colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of electronic or information sites.” -telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for a period of 2 years.»
As specified, this is the first sentence in the history of St. Petersburg for repeated propaganda of Nazism.