A court in the Russian capital this week banned the Moscow branch of the neo- Nazi Russian National Unity movement. None of the charges brought against the group, whose members wear black uniforms and sport armbands reminiscent of the Nazi swastika, centered on its neo-Nazi character or on its attempts to incite ethnic, religious or racial strife, a punishable crime under Russian law.
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