Russia opens ‘rehabilitating Nazism’ case over video of teenagers singing Ukrainian anthem and song about Bandera

The Samara regional branch of Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case on charges of “rehabilitating Nazism” based on “information from social media.”

The agency said the case concerns a video showing teenagers in the city of Tolyatti performing “musical works containing elements of Nazi rehabilitation.”

Earlier, local Telegram channels had circulated a video of recent high school graduates in Tolyatti singing the Ukrainian national anthem and the song “Our Father is Bandera,” referring to the early-20th-century Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera, in a city park.

According to the Investigative Committee, investigators are conducting “a set of measures aimed at establishing all the circumstances of the incident and collecting evidence.”

There have been no reports of the teenagers being arrested.