An Armenian citizen was killed in the Moscow region

On March 20, 2004, near the village of Barki, Odintsovo district, Moscow region, a group of skinheads aged 16-17 killed an Armenian citizen motivated by ethnic hatred. Teenagers beat a man to death and scrawled a fascist swastika on his back with a key.

Teenagers identified themselves as members of the informal youth organization "Skinhead". Young people did not work and did not study, devoting themselves entirely to the "struggle" with the natives of the Caucasus.

Skinheads were arrested in April 2004. Three of them were found guilty by the jury. In accordance with the verdict, the Moscow Regional Court sentenced them to 6 to 8 years in prison. Two more defendants were fully acquitted.

Sources

• Skinheads carved a swastika on the victim's back // Moscow's comsomolets. 2005. August 10.