The Abinsky District Court of the Krasnodar Territory imposed a fine of one thousand rubles on local citizen Ivan Kazan for a photo with a tattoo with “AUE symbols”, which he posted on his avatar in Max messenger. on resolution Judgment issued on March 3, 2026, I noticed “Verstka”.
The man was convicted of public display of prohibited symbols (Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code).
According to the court ruling, in June 2025, Kazan published a photo on his avatar in Max Messenger, “which showed a tattoo on his body, a symbol of the international social movement “AUE – Urkhagan Unity Prison”, which was declared “extremist” in Russia. The man pleaded guilty.
Nesting notes that it was unable to find other known cases of punishment for similar violations in Max messenger. SOVA and OVD-Info also stated that they had never encountered such cases before.
In the fall of 2020, the Supreme Court of Russia recognized the American University in the Emirates as an “extremist organization” and banned it on the territory of the Russian Federation, while describing it as an “international social movement.” Subsequently, courts began imposing administrative fines and arrests for publications bearing thieves’ symbols. In addition, as Mediazona reports, criminal cases are being brought in the colonies against convicts who refuse to cooperate with the FSIN for participating in a cell of an “extremist organization.”