Two right-wing radicals detained in Moscow

On January 31, 2010, in Moscow on Starobitsevskaya Street, two ultra-rightists from a group that attacked people of non-Slavic appearance were detained in hot pursuit.

The detainees were a 16-year-old student at the Education Center for Orphans and a 15-year-old 10th grade student. A kitchen knife and a cell phone with photographs and videos of far-right topics were confiscated from them.

The issue of initiating a criminal case under Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism).

Sources

• In Moscow, a group of skinheads walked through the streets and beat up visitors // Rosbalt. 2010. February 1.
• Two participants in the attack on a Kyrgyz janitor were detained in the capital // Interfax. 2010. February 1.