Russia fines man who dyed hair in Ukraine flag colours

MOSCOW: A Moscow resident who dyed his hair in the colours of the Ukrainian flag has been found guilty of “discrediting the army” and fined, court documents showed.

Stanislav Netesov visited a police station in April to report a crime after he was attacked at a bus stop, but after seeing his hair the officers decided to charge him. The court accused Netesov of “expressing a negative attitude towards the Russian armed forces” with his hairstyle, which was coloured with green, blue and yellow stripes. Netesov said the hairstyle had nothing to do with Ukraine and that “he had been dying his hair in bright colours since 2017,” Tverskoy District Court wrote.