The fourth “March against Hate” took place in St. Petersburg

On October 28, 2007, a "March Against Hate" took place in St. Petersburg. The event was attended by about 800 people. The participants of the march proceeded from the metro station "Sportivnaya" to Sakharov Square.

The march was attended by activists from the public organizations "For Russia without Racism", "Soldier's Mothers", "Stop Call", "Memorial". As well as members of the parties "Yabloko", Union of Right Forces, UCF, VAT and "Civil Force". Among those gathered were anti-fascists covering their faces with scarves, carrying banners "Death to fascism", "Our fatherland is all mankind" and two anarchists with a banner "Free Chechnya!" . Members of the United Russia party (about 200 people) marched at the tail of the column.

The column was headed by activists of opposition parties and movements Maxim Reznik, Olga Kurnosova, Mikhail Amosov, Nikita Belykh. The event was guarded by about 50 conscripts of internal troops.

approached the young people marching under anti-fascist slogans When the column turned from Dobrolyubov Avenue to Birzhevoy Bridge, about 15 "aggressive guys" . The neo-Nazis tried to provoke a conflict, but they could not get close to the column because of the riot police guarding the procession. Internet blogs report that police detained and transcribed a "rather large group" of neo-Nazis and entered them into a database of extremists. One of the detainees turned out to be a law enforcement officer from the 58th police station.

On Sakharov Square, where the rally was held, an unknown young man with an imperial flag also appeared, shouting "Glory to Russia!", who managed to escape. The police officers did not have time to detain him.

United Russia did not reach Academician Sakharov Square, where the rally took place. At the request of the organizers of the rally, the police blocked the movement of the representatives of this party.

At the rally, which began with a minute of silence for the murdered Nikolai Girenko, his colleague, head of the group for the rights of social minorities of the St. Petersburg Union of Scientists Valentina Uzunova and a member of the human rights commission under the governor Vladimir Shnitke spoke.

"The gubernatorial program 'Tolerance' has died, law enforcement agencies are 'protecting' skinheads. The Ministry of Internal Affairs knows only 150 aggressive youth Nazi groups - but no one is going to do anything about it," W. Schnittke said .

Yuly Rybakov, Ella Polyakova, actress Olga Dmitrieva, Khalid Fellehuss (a lawyer from Morocco who had already been attacked by the Nazis), as well as representatives of the Union of Right Forces Nikita Belykh and Igor Kucherenko, members of the Yabloko party Mikhail Amosov, Natalia Evdokimova and Yuri Nesterov also spoke at the rally. .

The protesters remembered the dead Timur Kacharava and Anna Politkovskaya, whose portraits could also be seen on the square. Sakharov. The speakers also suggested organizing pickets outside bookstores that have been seen distributing "literature that sows ethnic discord."

After the end of the rally, which was about an hour, the organizers asked those gathered to disperse in one group - along the Mendeleevskaya line, guarded by the police.

Members of the international human rights community represented by Amnesty International expressed their solidarity with the marchers.

The action takes place in St. Petersburg for the fourth time. It was first held shortly after the murder of Nikolai Girenko.

Based on Internet blogs and forums.

Sources

• March against hatred in St. Petersburg // Fontanka.ru. 2007. October 28.
• Belovranin A. Bears climbed into someone else's house // New Newspaper. 2007. October 28.