Anti-fascist killed in Moscow

In Moscow, anti-fascist Ivan Khutorskoy, nicknamed Kostol, was shot dead in the entrance of his own house, reports. the newspaper GZT.RU Khutorskoy was one of the leaders of the anti-fascist movement in Moscow, Alexei Grigoriev, an associate of the deceased, told the publication. On his Vkontakte page, Khutorskoy wrote that he was a member of the Moscow Trojan Skinheads group of anti-fascist skinheads.

The body of Khutorsky with a gunshot wound to the head was discovered by his neighbors at the entrance to the house on Khabarovskaya Street on the evening of November 16. In the Information Department of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Moscow, they believe that the murder was committed at about 21.00. Life News sources in law enforcement believe that the offender was specifically waiting for his victim and fired as soon as Khutorskoy left the apartment. Operatives believe that the murder is ordered. Anatoly Bagmet, head of the Investigation Department of the UPC for Moscow, told RIA Novosti that a criminal case had been initiated into the murder.

Aleksey Grigoriev expressed confidence that nationalists were behind the murder. According to him, recently Khutorskoy has been organizing anti-fascist concerts and mixed martial arts competitions among Antifa. He noted that the Nazis considered him one of the leaders of the anti-fascist movement and regularly posted photos of him calling for liquidation on their websites. What exactly could have caused the murder, Grigoriev does not know. He said that this is "a common way of intimidating Antifa, which is used by the nationalists."

Previously, Khutorsky had been attacked three times. In 2005, in a fight, nationalists inflicted a wound on him with a razor, then they guarded him at the entrance, beat him with a bat and hit him with a screwdriver. In January 2009, during a street fight, Khutorsky was stabbed in the stomach.