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Outside the Proletarsky District Court in Tula, police detained Darya Kozlova, who had come to support activist Yevgeny Malyugin—his hearing for displaying prohibited symbols (Part 1, Article 20.3 of the Administrative Offences Code) is being held today. Kozlova herself told OVD-Info about her detention.

She is now being taken to the police station for Skuratovsky District. According to the activist, she is also being charged under the article for displaying prohibited symbols. The reason for this is not yet clear.

Earlier today, police detained Malyugin in order to bring him to the hearing. The protocol was drawn up over a photo posted in his personal Telegram channel showing the grave of politician Alexei Navalny. Supporters of the politician have already been fined more than once for posting his image, which judges have ruled to be prohibited symbols.

14:17 Darya Kozlova was detained over a meme “Hans, are we the baddies?” that she had posted in her personal Telegram channel. The local activist channel “Komanda” reports this.

The meme uses a still from a comedy sketch about German Nazis, in which one of them wonders if they are, in fact, the baddies. The actors in the sketch are dressed in Nazi uniforms.

The activist told OVD-Info that police have already drawn up the protocol against her for displaying prohibited symbols and have brought her to court.

19:25 The Leninsky District Court in Tula fined Kozlova two thousand roubles (about US$22). The Proletarsky Court imposed the same fine on Malyugin, reports the “Komanda” channel.

  • Malyugin was first detained in February 2025. At that time, he was charged under the articles on “discrediting the military” (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Offences Code) and “LGBT propaganda” (Part 3, Article 6.21) for posts in the same channel. For the first charge, he was fined 40,000 roubles (about US$440), and for the second—100,000 (about US$1,100). The fine for “LGBT propaganda” was later overturned.