Inventory of subculturists in St. Petersburg

On July 2, 2009, the Prosecutor's Office of the Primorsky District of St. Petersburg reported on the inspection of compliance with anti-extremist legislation by the Department of Internal Affairs of the Primorsky District and reported that this Department of Internal Affairs organized on an ongoing basis "the identification of members of informal associations whose activities may be of an extremist nature" .

The police identified 88 people belonging to various subcultures in the area and put them on record. The list consists not only of such categories as "skinheads" and "aggressive football fans", but also, for example, "punks", "emo", "black metalheads", "movie fans", "alternatives", "anarchists".

We do not understand either the formal grounds for a total census of subculturists, or the criteria for identifying subcultures (who are, for example, "alternatives"?), nor what relation, for example, emo can have to extremism.

It should be noted that at the same time in St. Petersburg a reference book for teachers entitled "Informal youth communities of St. Petersburg: theory, practice, methods of preventing extremism" was published, which also contains recommendations for working with subculturists (including sending information about juvenile inspection).

Sources

• LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES OF THE PRIMORSKY DISTRICT OF SAINT PETERSBURG TAKE PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO PREVENT EXTREMISM // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of St. Petersburg. 2009. July 2.
• Pankov - to the police, ready - to a psychologist // TVNZ. Saint Petersburg. 2009. July 6.