Organizers of the "Right March" fined

On November 4, 2005, shortly after the completion of the "Right March" in Moscow, its organizers, members of the Eurasian Youth Union (ESM), Pavel Zarifullin and Yuri Gorsky, were detained.

Despite the fact that the ESM tried to present this detention as “political persecution” (the Eurasians website claimed that the activists were detained “for resisting police officers”), the detention was of an administrative nature: firstly, the number of participants in the procession significantly exceeded the previously announced, and in Secondly, the rally did not meet the time announced by the organizers.

After P. Zarifullin and Yu. Gorsky were drawn up on an administrative offense, they were fined 500 rubles "for violating the rules for holding rallies." After that, the ECM activists were released.

It is also reported that ten (or so) marchers were detained, marching with flags with the image of a swastika (whether it was really a swastika or a symbolism of any right-wing radicals stylized as it is unknown). All the detainees were escorted to the nearest police station.

As it became known later, all the detainees (12 people) were members of the RNU. The reason for the detention, indeed, was the fascist symbols of the RNE and (according to unverified information) anti-Semitic slogans.

Two Right March activists detained in Moscow // RIA Novosti. 2005. November 4.

Sources

• In Moscow, 12 people were detained for carrying flags with a swastika // Polit.Ru. 2005. November 4.