Russian Court Fines Inmates for Using 'Fart' Prison Slang Deemed Extremist

A Russian court fined inmates for writing the word ‘fart’ — no, not that fart, it’s prison slang for ‘luck,’ and it’s now illegal too

A court in Buryatia fined two inmates for displaying symbols of the “extremist movement AUE” — a designation the court applied to the word ”fart” (in Russian, ”фарт,” or “a stroke of luck”) — the independent Russian news outlet Verstka reports.