Airborne Forces Day 2014 in Russia

August 2 In 2014, drunken paratroopers traditionally marked Airborne Forces Day with xenophobic attacks.

In Tomsk at the intersection of the avenue Lenin and Usov streets, two former paratroopers aged 23 and 27 attacked a citizen of Kot- d'Ivoire, student of Tomsk State University. The attack was stopped by bystanders who called the police. The police opened a criminal case on the fact of causing bodily harm, the victim was provided with state protection. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, " the suspects have been identified and interrogated, they are young people 23 and 27 years old, working as a security guard and bartender, formerly served in the Airborne Troops .

In St. Petersburg, to Palace Square, as a year earlier an activist came out LGBT movement Kirill Kalugin with the flag "My freedom protects yours!”. According to the media, " Further events developed literally within 30 seconds: first, one of the nearby paratroopers tried to snatch the flag from Kalugin, shouting: "Fight! Where are the documents?" However, after a few seconds, the gay activist was taken by the arms of the police and escorted to a departmental car that quickly drove up . Two paratroopers were detained, the rest of the participants managed to beat off at the riot police.

Sources

• The police opened a criminal case on the fact of attacking a foreign student // Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Tomsk region. 2014. August 3.
• Gay activist's picket on Palace Square on Airborne Forces Day lasted 10 seconds // Fontanka.ru. 2014. August 2.
• Based on social media.