RNE is not the NBP, and the police are not interested?

On May 11, 2005, the REGNUM news agency published a comment by Veronika Katkova, deputy director of the Institute of Public Problems (Orel), regarding the passivity of regional law enforcement agencies in opposing ethno-nationalist agitation.

The reason for the statement was the actual inaction of the police in relation to the activities of representatives of the local RNE (we recall that recently several members of this organization were convicted by a local court).

The last time, on May 8, 2005, a protocol on an administrative offense was drawn up against the picketers, but, as reported, “the protocol was not given a go: the police department talks about a ban on the part of the prosecutor’s office, the prosecutors deny this fact. direct questions all law enforcement officers vaguely nod upwards"

Meanwhile, representatives of other organizations are constantly the subject of close attention of the Oryol policemen: “When, say, the activists of the Movement of Motorists tried to hold a picket in the city center, submachine gunners soon arrived to suppress this action. police officers and two officials ," says V. Katkova.

She also noted the general passivity of the Oryol law enforcement officers in relation to the nationalist radicals: “Case against them is reluctantly initiated, and later suspended without sufficient grounds. In court, the third complaint of human rights activists against the Soviet district prosecutor's office, evading consideration of the application to initiate a criminal case on the fact of posting fascist leaflets in front of the prosecutor's office of the Oryol region. Oryol nationalists have repeatedly stated that they have support. And, apparently, they have reason to say so " .

Sources

• Oryol law enforcement officers do not want to conflict with the nationalists? // IA REGNUM. 2005. May 11.