Russian karting champ, 15, sparks fury with ‘Nazi salute’ while laughing on podium amid Ukraine war

Russian junior karting champion sparks fury with ‘Nazi salute’ before laughing hysterically on winners’ podium as Putin’s forces kill thousands while claiming to be ‘de-Nazifying’ Ukraine

• Artem Severiukhin, 15, raised his arm in an apparent Nazi salute before laughing
• The Russian champion was competing under the Italy flag as his nation is banned
• In Italy the Mussolini-era Roman salute is also fascist – and illegal since 1952
• Putin claims he invaded Ukraine to ‘de-Nazify’ the country; Zelensky is Jewish

By Adam Solomons For Mailonline

Published: 07:08 EDT, 11 April 2022 | Updated: 07:11 EDT, 11 April 2022