Igor Sazhin. Notes of a Russophobe

I'm not afraid of Russians, I'm rather afraid of lack of culture and darkness. It is the dark, uneducated part of any nation that becomes the main base for the favorable development of Nazi ideas .

On June 26, in Syktyvkar, a regular session of the federal court was held in the case of Yu. Ekishev , accused under Article 282 - inciting ethnic hatred.

When the prosecutor's office a few days before this meeting asked me to speak as a witness and tell what I saw at that very November START rally, I was surprised. It seems like they managed without me before.

Nevertheless, on June 26, I came to the court and, together with everyone else, waited a very long time for the start of the hearing. The audience was gathering in the corridor of the court. They were mostly representatives of the Komi nationalist organization "Protect Yourself", parishioners of the parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, as well as 5 young people, apparently belonging to the Union of National Revival. Like last time, they distributed a leaflet, it was a test taken from the DPNI website, about the events around Y. Ekishev after his detention in the central market of Syktyvkar on June 22. Also among the people who came to the hearings, I recognized two priests of the Russian Orthodox Church abroad. His daughter came with one of them, as I understand it, it was because of her that all the "showdowns" began in the central market of Syktyvkar on June 22.

Only at 2.30 pm everyone entered the hall and at the beginning the judge began to figure out who would conduct an examination of the newspaper "Stenogram" and Y. Ekishev's speech at the rally on November 20, 2005. What surprised me, because I heard everything Ekishev said and could say with full confidence that Ekishev tried to be politically correct and not make direct attacks on any nationality. This part of the trial ended with the fact that the judge appointed Syktyvkar State University to conduct a forensic examination, which Yu. Ekishev did not really want.

The court, in order to resolve the problem with the examination, was interrupted for 10 minutes. At this time, I had a heated argument with Ekishev's supporters. We talked about what is true and what is Jewish truth, about the fact that the Jews also bought me, and that I put Ekishev behind bars, fulfilling their order. To which I reacted with the standard set of a human rights activist about the equality of all peoples and the danger of searching for criminals on a national basis.

Then we began to find out who had what nationality in the family. I posted my entire family tree: Komi, Russian, Polish and even gypsy.

Then they decided to interrogate new witnesses. There were no witnesses from the defense side, and I was designated by the prosecution. I told what I saw. First, he outlined the reasons for his presence at the rally on November 20, and then described his way to the square and already what happened on the square. From the prosecutor's questions, I understood that they were interested in Y. Ekishev's connection with the "Stenogram" newspaper. Those. they wanted to understand whether Yekishev had given the command to start distributing the newspaper, who was distributing the newspapers, and how they were connected with Yekishev.

During the interrogation, the prosecutor asked me to get here the newspaper "Stenogram", which I received at the rally. I, already knowing in advance about this request of the prosecutor, took out a newspaper and handed it to the judge.

After questioning the prosecutor, Y. Ekishev himself began to ask me questions. His first question was - do I remember exactly what happened on the square on November 20th. I said no, after that Yuri asked that this be recorded in the protocol. After that, his lawyer asked me clearly if there were any witnesses that this newspaper fell into my hands at the rally? And I saw that Yekishev was distributing this newspaper or giving orders for its distribution. I answered both questions no. After that, I sat down, because no one else wanted to ask questions. As soon as I sat down, the old man sitting next to me began to demand from the judge that he would also be allowed to speak. The bailiffs took him by the arms and led him out of the courtroom. But the judge himself got up and declared the meeting adjourned until the end of the examination.

Immediately from the hall, I went to the street, where young people from the Strategic Offensive Forces began shouting "Russophobe" at my back. Then, in a small group, they ran up to the car in which they brought Y. Ekishev and began to shout "Yura - Yura" in unison. The car has left. On the square in front of the court, old women came out of the courtroom. They went towards me, as I was talking at that time with a woman who asked me where to go about the repression. Together with the old women, the priest's daughter came up to me and asked the question: "And who are you now?" I looked back at her and smiled, she was embarrassed, apparently not understanding how to interpret this. The women who left the hall began to shout that Ekisheva was good. Young people shouting after the car, running past me, began to talk about the need to expel all Russians from the Komi Republic. Apparently it was their way of dealing with me. A friend approached me and told me to be careful. "They're reckless." The women started screaming louder and louder. A journalist got into an argument with them. I followed the young nationalists.

The street was terrible for the Republic of Komi heat - 42 degrees. I followed the guys from the START for a long time and missed only on Stefanovskaya Square. They went past the monument to Lenin in the direction of the temple. I went to the pardon commission to get acquainted with the new statements from the prisoners. It was terribly stuffy, in the evening it began to rain.

June 26, 2006.