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Sergei DOVGAL, head of the Moscow city committee of the Union of Communist Youth: - When I ran out into the street, I saw: the National Bolshevik was lying on the pavement, and several people were beating him with baseball bats. In the hands of the attackers were burning fireworks - it seems ...

Sergey DOVGAL, head of the Moscow city committee of the Union of Communist Youth:

- When I ran out into the street, I saw: the National Bolshevik was lying on the pavement, and several people were beating him with baseball bats. The attackers had burning flares in their hands - it seems they wanted to hit them in the face. A Gazelle was burning nearby (also property of the NBP).

It seems that the attackers tried to break inside, but they did not succeed - the guys did not let them in.

We rushed into the building for help (there were ten or fifteen of us and about twenty National Bolsheviks), and then downstairs, grabbing the poles - the first thing that came to hand. When they ran out into the street, the attackers got into the bus and left.

The police department is a hundred meters from us, they quickly arrived, in about ten minutes. The ambulance arrived from the Department of Internal Affairs of the Southern District, the Deputy Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moscow.

The most interesting thing began later: the “Interception” plan was announced, and the bus was detained on the Third Ring Road, near the Lefortovsky tunnel. One of the traffic cops who delivered them to the department also complained that he would now have problems with his superiors.

The detainees were in the department, but the victims refused to take testimonies, they said: "Come back in three days." And those who were detained behaved very impudently in the police: they threw up their hands in a fascist greeting.

After some time, the Simonov inter-district prosecutor came out and declared in front of the cameras that “there was a clash between young people, there were no injuries, only abrasions.” The detainees were taken out in cars. They began to lift their clothes, covering their heads, and then many saw that one of them was wearing a Nashi T-shirt. The people began to resent, went inside the office.

Reports of administrative violations were drawn up. But for a long time the policemen did not want to describe the evidence: bits, bullets, shell casings…

Sergei SHARGUNOV, leader of the Rodina youth movement:

- The government accuses the opposition of fomenting a civil war, while itself pushing youth groups against their foreheads. In general, in recent years, attacks on representatives of youth organizations have been occurring more and more often: in Moscow, activists of the NBP, AKM, and the youth “Rodina” have been repeatedly beaten.

People wearing masks have already appeared on the streets of Moscow. Judging by what happened earlier in the NBP bunker, we can say: in this case, too, there were some football hooligans.

Surprisingly, all the detainees were released. Power (more precisely, its inaction) forces us to take retaliatory measures. Probably, in the near future, the deputies will come up with an initiative to create a parliamentary group to investigate such incidents, and we will create self-defense units.

Mikhail KULIKOV, federal commissioner of the Nashi movement:

— Blaming Nashi for the problems of the NBP is already a bad tradition. According to my information, none of the members of the movement attacked the Limonovites. The attackers were detained by the traffic police, but none of the Nashi had problems with the police that day. If the investigation reveals any involvement of members of our movement in the attack, I promise: we will help the investigation in every possible way. First of all, we will exclude these people from the movement. Violence is not our method.

Dmitry AGRANOVSKY, NBP lawyer:

“This attack was the most brutal and bloody of all. However, there is no criminal case yet. Regarding the identity of the attackers, witnesses say that some of them have already participated in previous attacks on the NBP. As they say, party cards were not found on the spot. We did not see any documents, the names were not officially named, we will not give rise to rumors.