Anti-nationalist international

Caucasians were not allowed to stage a “raid” against skinheads

Employees of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the South-Eastern District of the capital detained more than 20 immigrants from Dagestan, Armenia and Azerbaijan, who, according to one version, were going to organize a united campaign against the nationalists. It all started when about a hundred young people gathered near the Ryazansky Prospekt metro station, loudly swore and pestered passers-by. After the police arrived, most of them obediently dispersed, but some tried to resist the law enforcement officers. In the local neighborhood, some detainees said that they had nothing bad in their minds, they were just meeting with friends, while others said that they were going to go beat the skinheads. Among those detained was one citizen from Belarus, but, as it turned out later, he got into the fight by accident - he was just walking by, was drunk, heard a noise and decided to “participate.”

As the Ryazansky police department said, on Monday evening residents of the area approached them, concerned that a huge number of Caucasians had gathered near the metro station, communicating with each other in a raised voice and “catching” people passing by. Several police squads arrived at the scene and asked those gathered to disperse immediately. According to the police, at least 100 people were there at the time. Some Caucasians headed to the metro, others began to argue with the police and were eventually detained. At the same time, a citizen of Belarus happened to be near the metro, who first began to insult the policeman, and then started to fight. After the attacker managed to hit a police officer in the face and rip off his shoulder straps, he was detained. A criminal case has been opened against him for “using violence against a government official.” However, as it later turned out, he had nothing to do with the “gathering” of Caucasians.

In relation to the detained Caucasians, among whom there were nine minors, protocols were drawn up at the Department of Internal Affairs for petty hooliganism, after which they were released. In their explanations, some of them stated that they had not committed or planned anything illegal. Others admitted that they allegedly planned to go that evening to beat the nationalists, who, according to them, were supposed to gather for a concert at the Estakada club, but they were not there. The detainees explained that they were supposedly going to take revenge for the recent beating of their comrade by skinheads.

It is worth noting that the Estakada club was indeed known at one time as an informal gathering place for nationalists, and some time ago the Moscow authorities even specifically prohibited festivals and concerts of rock bands popular among the “skins” there.

However, the operatives treated the stories of the Caucasians with a grain of salt. “Most of the detainees are students of the All-Russian State Tax Academy located on Ryazansky Prospekt. Conflicts between “hot guys” happen here periodically. At the same time, solid support groups from both sides come to the meeting. It is possible that this time it was possible to prevent just such an event,” the Internal Affairs Directorate noted.

Alexey IVLEV