Anti-Caucasian inscriptions on Yamal

On March 16, 2006, in the city of Muravlenko (Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug), on the facades of six houses on Lenin and Muravlenko streets (including the buildings of a store and a restaurant), as well as in the city park, on the monument to the geologist Muravlenko, inscriptions appeared, inciting national hatred towards the natives of the Caucasus.

According to Alexey Perunov, deputy mayor for municipal services, the vandals used aerosol cans with light silvery paint, and therefore, the administration considers the action pre-planned.

According to Muravlenko's administration and prosecutor's office, this is the first such case in the city. "Many residents of southern Russia come here to extract oil. But most of them came here a long time ago, 20-30 years ago. So now they have already become native, local. And their children are no longer natives of the Caucasus, but natives of Muravlenko. We have there are practically no visiting southerners, as, for example, in Moscow ," the deputy mayor commented on the situation. The prosecutor's office also stressed that "there are no young people openly declaring their adherence to Nazi views in the city . "

According to an unofficial version, the act of vandalism could have been a reaction to a quarrel that took place the day before in a cafe between local residents and natives of the Caucasus.

On March 17, 2006, the prosecutor's office initiated a criminal case on this fact under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. A search is underway for the perpetrators.

Sources

• Extremists appeared in Muravlenko // NewsN.ru. 2006. October 18.
• Nazi graffiti // New news. 2006. October 19.