"People's Militia" in St. Petersburg

On September 22, 2009, the nationalists announced the creation of the "People's Militia" in St. Petersburg. Militia spokesman Denis Gariev said that "the militia will always support the people. In the event of a crisis, we will not allow "orange revolutions" or riots involving the same migrant workers . "

The initiators of the creation of the militia were activists of the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM), an Orthodox-monarchist network organization closely initiated with the RNC-N.

According to activists, there are already about a thousand people in the militia. This assertion seems doubtful to us.

"Our army is also incapacitated. In the event of an external threat, there will be no one to defend the country ... In today's conditions, we understand that we need to learn to protect ourselves, our family and our loved ones," Gariev said.

According to the activist, the main task is "to create a workable structure of the organization in order to prevent mass riots in the city in the event of an emergency . "

Based on materials from right-wing radical sites.

Sources

• Zubov I. A "people's militia" appeared in St. Petersburg // MR7 - News of St. Petersburg. 2009. September 22.