A national-patriotic forum was held in Komi

On October 24, 2009, in Syktyvkar (Komi Republic), right-wing radicals held the second national-patriotic forum in the Stroitel Palace of Culture, which gathered about 60 people. The previous forum was held on October 16, 2008.

The event was mainly attended by representatives of the same movements as in 2008 - activists of the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI), the youth organization "Leading", the party "Great Russia", the People's Movement of Patriots of Russia (Rodionova) (NDPR), the National Patriotic Party of Russia (NPPR), the Para Bellum movement, the Pensioners-Patriots of Ust-Sysolsk association, the Russian National Union (RONS), the Frontier of the North, the Russian Anti-Fascist Committee (RUSAK) (a pronounced anti-Semitic organization, the most famous member which is V. Korchagin, repeatedly found guilty under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), the Union of National Revival (SNV), the Union of the Russian People, the People's Militia named after Minin and Pozharsky, the Slavic Union (SS), representatives of the Cossacks. However, many delegates represented several organizations at the same time.

The event was led by the leader of the national patriots Alexei Kolegov, who summed up the activities of right-wing radicals over the past year, noting the holding of the "Russian March" in Syktyvkar in November 2008 and the creation of the "Frontier of the North", an ultra-right organization that announced in June 2009 the beginning of patrolling the streets Syktyvkar. Kolegov also raised the issue of further protest actions and participation in municipal elections.

The forum was also attended by the leader of the movement "Pensioners - patriots of Ust-Sysolsk" Yuri Kosygin, representing the movement "Para Bellum" at the forum, Yuri Ekishev, convicted in October 2007 for inciting national hatred, the representative of the NDPR Yevgeny Cheglakov, representatives of the "Frontier of the North", " Russian Anti-Fascist Committee", movement "Leaders".

Based on materials from right-wing radical sites.

Sources

• "Furious" patriots decided to move into power // BNKomi. 2009. October 25.
• Goncharuk T. Nationalists of Komi recorded the cancellation of the concert of a pop music star as an asset // A red star. 2009. October 25.