"A foreign agent lives here"

As human rights activist Igor Sazhin reported: “Yesterday evening, neo-Nazis of Syktyvkar hung large stickers (40 cm) on the doors of the apartments of five members of the Memorial CPC: “A foreign agent lives here.” The relatives of human rights activists are scared, because the Nazis hung them on apartments where the human rights activists themselves did not live, and their parents live. The Nazis do this openly, without hiding from anyone, publicly posting photos on the Internet with hanging stickers.

The provocateurs are going to continue this action. It seems that the authorities of Syktyvkar and the region do not care about this. Our complaints to neither the FSB nor the police play any role. The fact is that the provocateurs are supported by the administration of the Head of the Komi Republic. Their activation occurs as soon as we press the tail of the next violator of human rights on the part of the Administration of the Head of Komi. Now tame provocateurs are playing the role of watchdogs and taking advantage of the general hysteria created by the authorities around human rights organizations in Russia."

Another Sochi human rights activist, Semyon Simonov, is accused by the Cossack vigilante and ardent nationalist Vadim (nickname Skif) of being an “accomplice to the influx of foreigners” and advising “to go to those countries...”

The technology of pitting undesirables against each other (or non-interference in persecution, reprisals) is a favorite technique of the authorities; it’s only a pity that they do not remember the history of the fascists and Bolsheviks coming to power. In order for the FSB to engage in a real fight against extremism, it is better to promote the economic case of Professor Savva from Krasnodar.