11 сентября 200713:00
Public prosecution bodies to investigate calls for boycotting BALTMAN
Yekaterinburg’s public prosecution and surveillance authorities are going to investigate the origin of billboards placed in the city streets that call for boycotting BALTMAN chain store. The statements used in the ads are outright nationalist and xenophobic (some examples include phrases like ‘Shop in BALTMAN and help our enemies,’ or ‘BALTMAN go back to the Baltic States’). Moreover, the ads bear images of Adolph Hitler as well as swastikas and other nationalist symbols. In addition, Sverdlovsk Region’s media received a letter from The Bronze Soldier, a non-existent NGO. In it, the