"Skinheads" or Cossacks?

In a review of the activities of the liquidated (or partially liquidated) skinhead group "Lynx", which included Aleksey Pigalev, convicted of attacking a resident of Dagestan , it is reported that this group sought to legalize itself through the Cossack society "Bratina".

"The Lynx squad aims to kill people of non-Russian nationality, homeless people, drug addicts, gold dealers, arms sellers ," said A. Pigalev. " The leader of the squad was Denis Zhavoronkov . " The "Lynx" detachment was also engaged in the search for weapons in the battlefields of the Great Patriotic War.

“I don’t think that there was any single organization. Some of those who considered themselves skinheads had never heard of Denis Zhavoronkov and the Lynx squad. Most likely, there were scattered groups. Some of them didn’t even talk about fascist ideology heard, they were just hooligans on the streets or stadiums , "said Alexei Krainov, senior investigator of the Perm Region Prosecutor's Office.

The question of the status of "Bratina" has become one of the key issues in the "case of Perm skinheads." The creator of this Cossack society, Alexander Shadrin, denies any connection with skinheads. "- The so-called Cossack society "Bratin" has nothing to do with us. - There was such a hooligan company that tried to cling to the Cossacks. The gospels became Cossacks. You can’t call them fascists ," said Sergey Kishkoparov, chief of staff of the district.

Despite the fact that the Cossacks are trying to dissociate themselves from the activities of skinheads, the prosecutor's office found signs of extremist activity in the crimes committed by members of the Bratina.

Sources

• Shumov K. Sentence to a skinhead // Star(Perm). June 6, 2005
• Virus "F" // Star (Perm). February 22, 2005