The Vasileostrovsky District Court of St. Petersburg received materials from the lawsuit filed against the Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. This was reported by the head of the United Press Service of the St. Petersburg Courts, Daria Lebedeva. Telegram channel.
The reason was the painting “Festival” on display in the museum. It depicts people dancing on stage in folk costumes and three men in formal business suits. The caption under the painting reads: “LIVE BELARUS.” Upon examination, it was revealed that the caption under the painting is “the symbol of the 13th Belarusian Police Battalion of the SD and the 30th Grenadier (Infantry) Division of the Waffen-SS, together with the Nazi party salute.”
A protocol was drawn up against Erartu under Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (“Propaganda or public display of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols…”). The case materials have now been transferred to the judge.
In November 2022, it was reported that the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs equated the slogan “Long Live Belarus” with the Nazi slogan “Heil Hitler”. More details – in the material “socialbites.ca”.
July 16 became knownThe name of Mitkov’s founder Dmitry Shagin disappeared from the stands in the St. Petersburg Manege. Before that, the artist’s painting “Mitki 91” was removed from there. It was written in 1991. The canvas refers to real events – the August coup in Moscow of the same year.
Formerly the leader of Mitkov Shagin suggestedIt was stated that his name was removed from the Manege due to the report.