Nationalist rallies took place in Moscow

On October 1, 2011, two nationalist rallies took place in Moscow. The actions were carried out “against ethnic crime.” (For the first time, this action, dedicated to the memory of 15-year-old Anya Beshnova, whose body was found on October 1 on Kubinka Street with traces of violent death, was held in 2009 and was proposed by DPNI).

The first action was organized by the Russians association and took place in the Chistye Prudy metro area, near the site of the death of Spartak fan Yuri Volkov . According to various estimates, 150-200 people took part in the action. Alexander Belov, Georgy Borovikov and Dmitry Demushkin (“Russians”) addressed the audience. A. Belov read a prayer. Participants in the action carried portraits of “victims of ethnocrime” and laid flowers at the site of Yu. Volkov’s death. Initially, the authorities refused to hold a picket, but, according to D. Demushkin, the organizers managed to reach a verbal agreement with the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow to hold a gathering. The event itself passed quickly and without incident, but at the end, its participants attacked the participants of the “March of Equality” rally gathered in the same place.

The second action, organized by the Moscow Defense League (Daniil Konstantinov), ROD (Konstantin Krylov) and the Russian Civil Union (Anton Susov), took place on Taras Shevchenko Embankment.

Those gathered (about 300 people) walked from the Vystavochnaya metro station to the Ukraine Hotel, where a rally was held demanding the introduction of a visa regime with the Central Asian republics. In addition, Daniil Konstantinov read out a list of people killed by “ethnobandits” (from football fan Yegor Sviridov to Colonel Yuri Budanov). The rally was mainly attended by young people aged 14-20, among whom were football fans, in particular FC Lokomotiv.

After the end of the action, the participants gathered in a column and walked along Kutuzovsky Prospekt towards the center, lighting smoke bombs and shouting xenophobic slogans. When the nationalists approached the Government House, arrests began (about 30 people). Protocols were drawn up for 29 participants on administrative offenses under Art. 20.2 (violation of established procedure). It is reported that the protesters attacked a man of non-Slavic appearance who was passing by on a bicycle. Fortunately, he managed to escape from his pursuers.

Sources

• Based on materials from online blogs and forums.
• Based on materials from right-wing radical sites.
• Chernykh A., Ivanitskaya A. Nationalists played a funeral march // Kommersant. 2011. October 3.
• About 30 nationalists were brought to administrative responsibility in Moscow // Nezavisimaya Gazeta. 2011. October 3.