A Moscow court on May 20 fined Stanislav Netyosov 30,000 rubles ($330) on a charge of discrediting the Russian military after dying his hair blue and yellow, which police considered support for Ukraine due to its national flag of the same colors. Netyosov was charged in late April after he came to a police station to file a complaint saying he was attacked the previous evening by unknown assailants who beat him and stole his telephone. Netyosov said police fingerprinted him and handed him a summons to a military recruitment center, saying they would "teach him to kiss his native land in the military trenches." To read the original story by Current Time, click here.
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