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"Memorial" asks to initiate a criminal case in connection with the attack on the participants of the competition
The International Society "Memorial" sent a letter to the head of the Moscow police department, Anatoly Yakunin, in which it demanded that a criminal case be opened in connection with the attack by pro-Kremlin provocateurs on participants in the historical contest "A Man in History. Russia - XX century.
The attack took place on April 28 before the start of the awards ceremony for the participants, which took place at the Cinema House. People were pelted with eggs and greenery.
Between 11 and 12 in the afternoon, when schoolchildren, members of the jury, ceremony participants and guests approached the Cinema House, they were met at the entrance by a group of citizens (15-20 people) with posters (“We do not need an alternative history”, etc., who shouted insults (“fascists”, “national traitors”, “not teachers, but litters” and others, including those that were anti-Semitic in nature). This group included well-known activists of an organization calling itself the “National Liberation Movement” (NOD) The matter was not limited to verbal abuse: some of those who entered the Cinema House were doused with brilliant green, some kind of liquid like ammonia, they threw eggs at people, etc., i.e. they committed acts of a violent nature
, the letter says. The authors, Chairman of the Board of the International Memorial Arseniy Roginsky and Executive Director Elena Zhemkova, note that there were policemen next to the attackers who did not stop their antics and “did not do anything to ensure the physical safety of schoolchildren and adults passing through the House of Cinema.”
"Memorial" demands an internal investigation into the inaction of the police and consideration of the issue of initiating a criminal case in connection with the violent actions of the attackers.