Photo: Ostorozhno Novosti

A court has fined a woman from the city of Yaroslavl, in central Russia, 1,000 rubles (€11) for comparing next year’s school uniform with that of Adolf Hitler, Telegram news channel Ostorozhno Novosti reported on Monday

According to the report, the court found 33-year-old Viktoria B. guilty of “displaying Nazi symbols” earlier this month in a comment she had left on a post on a Yaroslavl public forum about the next academic year’s standard school uniform.

“No idea why, but the second uniform gives me a slight Hitler vibe,” she wrote, attaching a photo of Hitler’s Nazi uniform. An employee of Centre E, a Russian anti-extremism unit known for monitoring online comments for signs of illegal activity, subsequently found the post and legal proceedings were opened.

Viktoria B. showed remorse in court, which the judge took into account, issuing her the lowest fine possible. Viktoria B. was also told to delete the comment, according to Ostorozhno Novosti.

The Education Ministry published images of the new school uniforms in early July. They will be standard from the start of the new academic year on 1 September. The ministry commented that the new uniform would “blur boundaries between children from families with different financial statuses and religions”, while encouraging parents to adorn the uniforms with patriotic symbols, Ostorozhno Novosti said.

In May, a court in the city of Omsk, in western Siberia, banned 12 websites featuring photos and memes comparing Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, including photographs of Putin sporting a Hitler-style moustache and hairstyle, investigative media outlet Verstka reported.