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Originally Posted by Igo kyu
I had the impression that the nazi swastika was illegal in the USSR (as was), as well as in Germany, was I wrong about that or has it changed since?
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It never was illegal in the USSR, or later in any ex-USSR country by itself. At least to the point it is in Germany.
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propaganda of Nazism was and is illegal in the USSR/Russia and most ex-USSR countries. But placing swastikas in fiction book illustrations, scale models, non-documentary movies and games is not considered as such propaganda, if it is put in a historically correct context (i.e. nazi symbol = bad).
BTW, Russian version of the IL-2 had swastika enabled from the very beginning.
PS Few weeks ago I visited an exhibition of knives, that was held here in Kiev. Among other interesting things (including kitchen knives $200 each and some hunting knives for $6000 each), they had a collection of Nazi cold weapons - knives, bayonets, swords, etc. Virtually each subject in the collection had various Nazi symbols on it.
And below the stand they had a small placard reading "This collection has nothing to do with Nazi propaganda!"
Should they not have this placard, they could have been prosecuted for the display.