Riots in Moscow

On December 15, 2010, several clashes took place in Moscow between ultra-right groups, people from the Caucasus and police officers, as a result of which, according to various sources, from 12 to 30 people were injured. In many ways, the unrest was provoked by a provocative letter that appeared on the Internet, which was allegedly written on behalf of representatives of the peoples of the Caucasus. The authors called on “compatriots” to come to the Evropeisky shopping center on December 15 to hold an action in response to the events on Manezhnaya Square on December 11. The letter was actively distributed throughout the RuNet and primarily through its ultra-right segment. Despite the fact that representatives of national diasporas stated that the letter was a provocation, it provoked the mobilization of both right-wing radicals and people from the Caucasus.

Since the morning, security measures have been increased in the city: reinforced police units have been deployed to the streets, and the area around Evropeisky has been cordoned off by riot police since 10 a.m.

By 16:00, representatives of both sides began to gather in the area of ​​the Evropeysky Shopping Center (from the Smolenskaya and Kievskaya metro stations). Various items that could be used as weapons were confiscated from many of the visitors: knives, baseball bats, fittings, traumatic pistols, etc. Some of the arrivals were immediately detained by police officers who were on duty at stations and at metro exits.

Despite the large crowd of people (more than 1,000 people), only one serious fight involving the use of rebar and baseball bats was recorded on the square itself and around it. It happened at about 17:30 on Smolenskaya embankment and was stopped by riot police. The participants were detained. Five people were injured.

Another incident in the area of ​​the Evropeisky shopping center occurred at about 18:00. A crowd of ultra-rightists, being pushed by riot police towards Bolshaya Dorogomilovskaya Street, was fired at from a traumatic weapon from a stopped car (no one was injured). In response to this action, a group of right-wing radicals of about 200 people tried to block the movement, shouting xenophobic slogans and lighting fires. Riot police quickly responded to the events, many were detained, and traffic was restored.

In addition, small skirmishes constantly broke out in the square, which, however, were quickly suppressed by police officers, and the participants were detained.

By 19:00, most of the people who came to the Evropeisky shopping center were either detained or headed to other areas of the city. For example, large groups of far-right activists were seen on Tverskoy Boulevard and Arbat.

In addition to the events that unfolded in the area near “European”, riots were recorded in other parts of the city:

At approximately 18:00 a fight broke out at the Park Kultury metro station. A group of people from Dagestan attacked three young people. Two managed to escape. And the third, 25-year-old Dmitry Zimin, was beaten and shot several times from a traumatic pistol in his direction. The attackers - students of the Russian State University of Physical Culture, members of the Russian youth freestyle wrestling team, 21-year-old Muslim Gabibov, Artur Akhmedov and Alfred Abdulkaderov - were detained. A criminal case was initiated under Article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism) and Part 2 of Article 33 of Article 105 (attempted murder).

At approximately 19:00, riot police officers were drawn to the area of ​​the Tretyakovskaya metro station, where a large group of people from the Caucasus (about 200 people) was moving from the mosque towards the metro. Almost everyone was detained. Later information appeared that these were not participants in the action - people were simply coming from evening prayers.

At approximately 19:00, at the Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station, a group of natives of the North Caucasus attacked police officers from the Troparevo-Nikulino police department, 33-year-old Oleg Egorov, 23-year-old Dmitry Vekshin and the deputy commander of the PPSM company, 39-year-old Viktor Degtyarev, after the officers asked the young people to show their documents. 12 people - natives of Dagestan, Chechnya, Turkmenistan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan - were detained. At the police station, the detainees chanted xenophobic slogans and danced the lezginka.

There are also reports of a fight involving 30 people at the Semenovskaya metro station, the beating of a man with “non-Slavic appearance” at the Proletarskaya metro station and on the Podolsk-Moscow train, clashes in the Airport , Barrikadnaya and Barrikadnaya metro areas. in Lyubertsy .

In addition, groups of young people, primarily immigrants from the Caucasus, were constantly being detained throughout the city. In total, about 1,300 people were detained on December 15. Knives, traumatic pistols, rubber batons, etc. were confiscated from the detainees.

Sources

• Based on materials from Internet blogs.
• Based on materials from right-wing radical sites.
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