Moscow prosecutor probes sale of Nazi toy soldiers

MOSCOW - The Moscow prosecutor's office has opened a criminal investigation into the sale of figurine soldiers in Nazi regalia at the Russian capital's most renowned children's store.

A statement from the prosecutor's office on Saturday said investigators were considering possible charges of inciting hatred and undermining the dignity of veterans of World War II.

News reports said the figurines were on sale at the Central Children's Store, a vast building in central Moscow famous in Soviet times under the name Detsky Mir. It reopened this week after seven years of reconstruction.