In Zelenograd, near Moscow, police detained two drivers in one day for "propaganda of extremist symbols." The reason for the detention was the white-blue-white flags on their license plates. Shot reports . It is noteworthy that even the pro-Kremlin Telegram channel does not exclude that the red stripe on the Russian flag has simply faded on the numbers.
According to Shot, the detainees are a 37-year-old teacher and a 65-year-old pensioner. The traffic police officers arrested the teacher first, noticing “extremist” symbols in her. After that, they stopped the pensioner, but in order to ask her to become understood. However, the police saw the BSB flag on its license plates as well. Both women were charged with “propaganda or public demonstration of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols, or paraphernalia or symbols of extremist organizations” (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation). Both detainees were taken to the department.
The BSB flag has become a symbol of the Russian liberal opposition opposed to the war in Ukraine. For his demonstration, they are detained not only in Russia, but also in Belarus. So, at the end of April, a Russian was detained there, who had stickers on the car with BSB and the inscription RUS on the car. According to pro-government channels, he was accused of "propaganda of terrorism", he will be deported to Russia.