Court against anti-fascists of St. Petersburg
18th of September 2007 court proceedings started against six anti-fascists,
accused of dispersing picket of fascist front-group "Movement Against
Illegal Migration" (DPNI) 17th of September 2006 in St. Petersburg. Court
has proceeded slowly during the autumn, and up till now prosecutor has not
even announced what sentence he is demanding.
Following anti-Caucasian pogroms in small Karelian city of Kondopoga, which
began when Caucasian mafia murdered local youth, nationalist organisations
tried to flare hatred all around the country. In St. Petersburg, local
anti-fascists found this unacceptable and promptly attacked and outran small
picket of DPNI 17th of September 2006. Number of picketers were
hospitalized, one of them accidentally wounded by knife of another picketer.
The same day, police arrested a number of people, six of whom are currently
facing charges of "hooliganism conducted with a group of people" (statue 213
part 2 of Russian criminal codex, sentence from 100 hours of public service
to 5 years of prison), one of them is facing an additional charge of
"drawing juveniles in to anti-social activity" (statue 151 of Russian
criminal codex, sentence from 1 year of public works to 4 years in prison).
Unfortunately, one of the arrested is giving testimony against the rest, who
are denying any participation to action.
Currently defendants do not need any financial support. However any acts of
solidarity, for example against your local Nazis, would be very welcome of
course! You may contact defendats through St. Petersburg RASH paper "Liniya
Fronta" (frontline), their email address is: frontline [] riseup [] net.
(source with photos from action 17th of September 2006
http://www.avtonom.org/index.php?nid=1482 )
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Sunday, December 23, 2007
Friday, December 7, 2007
What Causes A Soapy Taste In The Mouth
Nazis killed a young man in St. Petersburg
4th of December Russian news agencies announced, that fighting in concert of
mainstream pop-punk band "Korol i Shut" in St. Petersburg 23rd of November
resulted one casuality. 21 year old Aleksei "Red" Kovrizhkiy came to concert
with his girl friend Irina, and he became a victim of random violence which
a group Nazi skinheads, wearing attributes of St. Petersburg football club
Zenit, provoked in the concert. Nazis burned sea torches, and at some point
they throw a one to scene where it almost caused a major fire. Security of
the Sport Palace "Yubileiniy" moved to the scene only when several fans were
lying in the ground and bleeding. Apparently none of the Nazis was
arrested. After spending a week in coma in Mariinskiy hospital, Aleksei
died. Only at this point police started to interrogate witnesses.
(source: http://www.newsmusic.ru/news_2_8551.htm )
Picture of Aleksei:
http://keep4u.ru/imgs/b/071205/3c/3c9a31cdc73565667d.jpg
There was also another serious incident in St. Petersburg in 1st of
December, when a human rights activist from Tuva Republic, Sayanu Mongush
(activist of committee of Soldier's Mothers section in Kyzyl) was attacked in the
metro.
She managed to escape attackers after being beaten up for some time,
but as immediately she was approached by a grown-up man who showed her film
of the beating and commented that "She was lucky," there is some reason to believe that this attack was
not Organised by Nazi skinheads (although
attackers dressed as such), but by some officials unsatisfied with her work.
(source: http://ikd.ru/node/4602 )
4th of December Russian news agencies announced, that fighting in concert of
mainstream pop-punk band "Korol i Shut" in St. Petersburg 23rd of November
resulted one casuality. 21 year old Aleksei "Red" Kovrizhkiy came to concert
with his girl friend Irina, and he became a victim of random violence which
a group Nazi skinheads, wearing attributes of St. Petersburg football club
Zenit, provoked in the concert. Nazis burned sea torches, and at some point
they throw a one to scene where it almost caused a major fire. Security of
the Sport Palace "Yubileiniy" moved to the scene only when several fans were
lying in the ground and bleeding. Apparently none of the Nazis was
arrested. After spending a week in coma in Mariinskiy hospital, Aleksei
died. Only at this point police started to interrogate witnesses.
(source: http://www.newsmusic.ru/news_2_8551.htm )
Picture of Aleksei:
http://keep4u.ru/imgs/b/071205/3c/3c9a31cdc73565667d.jpg
There was also another serious incident in St. Petersburg in 1st of
December, when a human rights activist from Tuva Republic, Sayanu Mongush
(activist of committee of Soldier's Mothers section in Kyzyl) was attacked in the
metro.
She managed to escape attackers after being beaten up for some time,
but as immediately she was approached by a grown-up man who showed her film
of the beating and commented that "She was lucky," there is some reason to believe that this attack was
not Organised by Nazi skinheads (although
attackers dressed as such), but by some officials unsatisfied with her work.
(source: http://ikd.ru/node/4602 )
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