Moscow detains 40 people for allegedly celebrating Hitler's birthday

Police detained about 40 people at a nightclub during a party that allegedly included a portrait of Hitler,The Moscow Times reports. Authorities believe the gathering was held to commemorate Hitler's birthday, April 20.

Meanwhile, Dmitry Dyomushkin, leader of the nationalist Risskiye movement, told the Times that the party was held to discuss an upcoming "knife fighting tournament."

An Interior Ministry spokesperson told Russia's RIA Novosti that police seized brass knuckles, knives, and four pistols during the event on Monday. After the partygoers were detained, 17 were charged with petty hooliganism, and the rest were released.

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