Neo-Nazis arrested in St. Petersburg

From May to November 2014, she was arrested in St. Petersburg a group of neo-Nazis suspected of committing hate-motivated attacks.

Composition of the group

From May to November 2014 in St. Petersburg were arrested 18 neo-Nazis suspected of committing hate-motivated attacks. All they called themselves members of the Nevograd group (not to be confused with the NS/WP Nevograd group, whose members were sentenced in June 2014 to lengthy prison terms for racist attacks). All detainees (aged 14 to 19) - residents of Kirovsky and Krasnoselsky Petersburg districts. The group included two girls, including a student of the eighth high school class and a ninth-grader from the lyceum. Among the rest are two students 11th grade school, two college students, two workers, a cook and several unemployed. Members of "Nevograd" met in the shopping mall "French Boulevard". informal the leader and the only adult was 19-year-old Denis Knyazkin.

Chronicle of arrests The first suspects were arrested on November 21 2013 in St. Petersburg as part of the investigation into the murder of a citizen Uzbekistan on the day of the "Russian March" on November 4. The next day they arrested. Most of those arrested were minors. They went on a deal with the investigation and testified against their "ideological associates".

In early May 2014, 19-year - old Denis Knyazkin and two minors on suspicion of murdering a homeless man. During a search in Knyazkin's apartment, they found " nationalist brochures, posters, photos and videos in which Knyazkin's group was photographed together with those detained for the murder near the Rybatskoye metro station after "Russian march ".

Further, 15 more people were detained, mostly residents Kirovsky and Krasnoselsky districts aged 15 to 19 years.

Partial chronicle crimes

According to investigators, the detainees are involved in the following incidents:

attack on a native of Azerbaijan on October 20, 2012 during Frunzensky district;

attack on a citizen of Kyrgyzstan on December 9, 2012 on Kazakova street in the Kirovsky district;

attack on a citizen of Uzbekistan on December 27, 2012 in Kalininsky district ( the SOVA center is aware of the attack on December 26, 2012 on a visitor from Central Asia 24-year-old Bahadir Boykuchkorov on Ushakovskaya embankment. Not it is quite clear whether we are talking about the same attack );

beating of a citizen of Uzbekistan on April 25, 2013 in the street Leni Golikova in the Kirovsky district;

attack on a citizen of Uzbekistan on May 3, 2013 on the street Leni Golikova in the Kirovsky district;

attack on a citizen of Uzbekistan on June 12, 2013 on Karavaevskaya street in the Nevsky district;

robbery of a man on June 20, 2013 in the Kirovsky district;

beating of a citizen of Uzbekistan on September 3, 2013 Russian Avenue in the Nevsky district;

attack on a married couple from Uzbekistan on September 30 2013 on Dachny Prospekt in the Kirovsky District.

In addition to this (already mentioned):

the murder of a migrant on November 4, 2013 after the Russian March at the O'Key store;

the murder of a homeless man in April 2014 in a vacant lot on the street Leni Golikova.

Law enforcement agencies of St. Petersburg filed eight criminal cases, including those under Art. 111 of the Criminal Code (infliction of grievous bodily damage), Art. 105 of the Criminal Code (murder) and art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting a national hate). Nine people were arrested, seven, in particular, minors, were released on bail.   Sources

• Vyshenkov E., Vostoroilova T. Extremism united 18 guys from the outskirts // Fontanka.ru. 2014. December 4th.
• Another group of skinheads was detained in St. Petersburg // Neva.Today. 2014. December 4th.