"Do not ask about my tattoos"

On December 22, the most laconic interrogations took place at the process of combat organization of Russian nationalists (BORN) - first Mikhail Volkov, who killed the anti -fascist Fedor Filatov and Azerbaijani Rasul Khalilov, performed. Next was questioned by Ilya Goryachev, who was accused of being an ideologist Nazi group and collaborated with the presidential administration.

Equal to the right

The 33-year-old Volkov is distinguished by a solid posture, commitment to shirts and passion all the time to summarize what is happening from its Aquarium neighbors. On Monday, standing with his hands folded along his body, he decided to tell the court how he was accused of: “In 2008, I and my friend Nikita took part in the attack on Filatov, which led to his death.” “Friend Nikita” is a familiar to him from the age of 17 Tikhonov, who was convinced for the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova. During his performance, Volkov never calls a friend by last name. Fedor Filatov is an informal leader of the capital's anti-fascists who guarded the punk concerts from the Nazis attack.

“On the existence of the marginal group, which made violence and its leader - Filatov, I learned from Nikita,” the accused says in a quiet voice, literally eating half of the words, “he said that Filatov was not only an active participant in attacks, including girls and adolescents, but also taught his fighters to use weapons, caste, herbal pistols and knife.” If the speech of the interrogated was like confession, then Volkov tried to speak without details. His voice is barely audible - he constantly gets down and falls silent. “Nikita suggested punishing Filatov,” says the nationalist, “to beat, thereby avenge and intimidate, so that he would continue to think about his health, but not to spoil the alien, but there was no question of murder.” However, the defendant came to the house of the deceased already with a knife.

According to Mikhail Volkov, the knife was brought by Tikhonov, who had previously stated that he was going to kill the anti -racist during the process. “I came with my bare hands, but Nikita explained that Filatov would probably be armed - it sounded convincing,” the defendant continues barely audibly, whose microphone also constantly turns off.

“I just focused on Nikita in everything,” Volkov answers the judge’s question if he knew the daily routine and how much the words of Tikhonov about the attacker in all the anti -fascist correspond to the truth. “They started a fight, I jumped up and inflicted several blows with a knife in the body,” the right -handed in an official voice continues, in response Filatov continued to fight back with a motorcycle helmet - his moped was a few meters from the entrance - “I did not have the thought that his injuries could be fatal.” In total, three dozen stab wounds were found on Filatov’s body, he died from loss of blood and pain shock, waiting for hospitalization. Due to great blood loss, the doctors did not want to take it for a long time-according to the sister of the deceased, they were afraid to stain the salon.

"I was caught on a word"

“In 2009, I participated in the murder of a member of the Radical Caucasian Group“ Black Hawks ”Rasul Khalilov,” the neo -Naziist continues to talk about the following episode - “I learned about the existence of an ethnic criminal group from numerous messages in the press.” “Black Hawks” - six immigrants from the Caucasus, who fell on the bench of the defendants in only one episode - May 6, 2008, then Rasul and his company fought in the subway car - they themselves rejected such a name, citing the label by the journalists.

“These“ hawks ”were attacked by passers -by - robbed, killed, - Volkov says more and more emotionally -“ and at that time they shouted “Kill! Allah Akbar! ”, And everyone shot, humiliated, mocked - thousands of people, thousands of views saw it.” However, on most of the videos called "Black Hawks" on the YouTube video hosting you can only see a Lezginka - no fights. But the Nazi says that the video caused him “a deep reaction, a sense of injustice, defenselessness and indifference of power to the troubles of ordinary citizens.”

He recalls how, when talking with Tikhonov, he said that “he would have killed such” - “it was quite said on emotions, but they caught me on a word, Nikita promised to find weapons.” Tikhonov also promised to support, but then he refused-"probably, some circumstances were related to health." Volkov says that he was waiting for the victim at the house for 30-60 minutes, an interesting detail-the defendant had previously lived in the entrance next door for several years. Seeing Rasul's street, the nationalist decided to attack: “I fired two shots, he ran past me, I then fired two more shots in the back,” the defendant says dryly the details of the murder.

In the footsteps of dissidents

During the interrogation of wolves, he speaks uncertainly, with reservations - the speech is full of “completely”, “probably”, “probably”. For example, he admits that he took the trunk in a cellophane bag on the day of the murder in Tikhonov’s apartment, but does not remember what kind of model it was. Judge Alexander Kozlov is interested in: "Khalilova was killed from a pistol or revolver?" - “I don’t remember”, “with a drum or a clip? - "I don't know", "With a muffler?" “Well, I did not serve in the army - I don’t understand weapons,” the right -wing -radical replies evasively. The answer about the muffler made not only jury, but also usually gloomy bailiffs.

Volkov says that Tikhonov did not even explain to him how to use weapons. In an uncertain voice, the accused claims the jury that he does not even know how to reload the weapon and remove from the fuse. “And what, you like this, knowing nothing, and went to kill?”, Kozlov is indignant. Volkov agrees in a quiet voice, as if ashamed of what was said. Volkov does not remember about the gun of the murder of Filatov - neither the length of the blade, nor the color of the handle.

The accused’s speech resembles the recommendations of Soviet dissidents - “Try to say all questions to the investigator evasively -“ I don’t remember ”,“ I don’t know ”. However, during pre -trial experiments, the defendant was much more talkative - in the fall of 2013 he also remembered the brand of weapons (the Czech pistol “Simet”), and why Tikhonov did not participate in the murder (“knife wound in training”). Due to the discrepancies with the words during interrogation on Monday, the judge was forced to read out the past testimony of the nationalist given to them in the presence of a lawyer.

Self -identification problems

For all the time, Volkov never called the murdered filatov an anti-fascist, a member of the group of anti-htirasists called Moscow Trojan Skinheads. It was they who at the end of the zero were the main opponents of neo -Nazis on the streets of Moscow. Volkov also refused his own identification, despite participation in the pogrom of the Tsaritsino market and membership in the group "United Brigades-88". 88 is the number of commandments compiled by the American racist David Lane.

Volkov does not remember when he learned about the brand “Board Organization of Russian Nationalists”: “Probably in 2009 after the death of Khalilov.” By that time, Bourne had already taken over the firmness for the murder of Filatov, Markelov, Baburova: “The odious enemies of the Russian nation were destroyed. The actions are our last warnings to all anti -Russian human rights activists, journalists, anti -fascists. ”

“I perceived the murder of Khalilov as a lynching - as a personal spot revenge, retaliation for a person for a crime, as self -defense in the broad sense of the word,” - much louder than usual, says Volkov - “it was an attempt to protect the city and ordinary people, an attempt to put scumbags that torment my people. In a sense, it was a gesture of despair and hopelessness! ”

Today, wolves in every possible way distant from Russian nationalists and speaks exclusively about the protection of “ordinary citizens” and “ordinary citizens”. To the question, whether he considers himself to be nationalists, the defendant says that he has no self -determination, and he does not want to turn the court into a tribune. However, in the investigation, he admitted that he adheres to national socialist views.

His body is covered with tattoos with the image of German tanks from the Second World War and Hitler’s portrait, which, however, asked not to mention on Monday: “Do not ask about my tattoos, the question was asked to cause prejudice from the jury.” Volkov also answered the question whether he knew about the stuffed swastikas on the body of Alexei Korshunov, who trained militants.

Maxim Baklagin, sitting in the Aquarium in the neighborhood, demands to announce what tattoos he has: “I do not want the shadow to fall on all of us. I have a imperial flag stuffed - under it our guys are fighting against the Nazis from Lviv, and now they call us fascists. ” Probably, during the time in the dungeons, he does not know that right -wing radicals from Russia are active on the other side of the front. For example, Roman Zheleznov from the Restrukt movement* now serves in the Azov battalion, and Sergei Korotkikh from the national socialist society ** received citizenship from the hands of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.

The long -awaited witness

After a lunch break, 32-year-old Ilya Goryachev, who is called the ideological inspirer of the gang, performed before the juror. It was he, according to Nikita Tikhonov, who transmitted recommendations about who to kill and information with photographs, passport data and addresses of future victims.

Despite the presence in the Aquarium and a cold, similar to Franta Goryachev, says vigorously and loudly: "We met Nikita Alexandrovich back in 2002 - we are both students of the Istfak, we were closer to the community of interests." Unlike Volkov, who calls his comrades only by names, Goryachev prefers to say officially: “But only six times have been seen with Evgenia Daniilovna since 2009, of which only twice had publicly.” With all his appearance, he showed that he was ready to tell the judge everything he knew.

In 2010, Goryachev acted as a witness in the case of the murder of Markelov, and then left for Serbia. From there, the nationalist sent a notarized rejection of his testimony to the court - followed by another letter with the rejection of the last application. In the new document, the nationalist said that he refused the first testimonies due to threats from comrades Tikhonov-now Goryachev was waiting for the court, approximately in the middle of next year.

Unlike associates in a neighboring cage, Ilya smiles all the time, he is dressed as a prayer student of a prestigious university - in a stylish jacket, wears glasses in a thin frame. Goryachev claims that Filatov and Japaridze learned about the murder of the anti -racists exclusively from the media, he did not participate in power actions, he heard the phrase from investigators, did not transmit discs with addresses. Hasis previously reported that the databases were supposedly from law enforcement agencies.

After the accusations from Tikhonov and Hasis on the financing of nationalist projects by the Kremlin, Goryachev was a long -awaited witness, but he tried to answer all questions with general phrases and managed in just 20 minutes. The judge removed the question about the coordinator of the Local project Leonid Simunin, whom Evgenia Hasis called the presidential administration as an employee of the presidential administration, responsible for control over legal nationalists. After the discharge, the value of the readings finally fell.

Goryachev denies the help of Tikhonov, who was in an illegal position after the murder of the anti -fascist Alexander Ryukhin: “Did he give money? Nikita Alexandrovich did not give him to attacks and purchase, however, he did not give him money. ” When asked to protect the accused - whether Goryachev’s financing by the Kremlin of nationalist organizations was discussed - the witness grunted. Smiling, he added: “Never! And with Vladislav Yuryevich [Surkov] personally, unfortunately, I am also not familiar. ”