Kazakhstan eyes ban on Russian military symbs

This was reported by Echo of Caucasus, Ukrinform saw.

In particular, it is about the paraphernalia of Wagner Group, as well as the unofficial symbs of support for Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine – the letters Z and V.

In addition, the ban may affect products with the inscriptions "Army of Russia" and "Pite Pele", the emblems of the Workers' Party of Kurdistan and East Turkestan.

A prosecutor with the department for the protection of public interests noted that "individual representatives of different ethnic groups demonstrate different ethnic symbs in the public domain", which causes mixed reactions in society.

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As part of the restrictions, the prosecutor's office prosed that the government ban the manufacture, shipment, and distribution in Kazakhstan of products with symbs used by posing parties in armed conflicts.

It is prosed that administrative liability be introduced for the distribution of the specified products in Kazakhstan.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, last year the Parliament of Mdova banned the co-called St. George ribbon, as well as the symbs Z and V, all of which Russian tros used in the war against Ukraine.