Yuri Ekishev detained in Moscow

On June 22, 2016, nationalist Yuri Ekishev ("People's Militia of Russia") was detained in Moscow.
On June 22, 2016, a nationalist, activist of the "People's Militia of Russia" Yuri Ekishev was detained in Moscow. He is suspected under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred or enmity). It is reported that the reason for initiating the case was the placement of a video on the Internet in 2014.

On June 27, 2016, the Moscow Dorogomilovsky Court arrested nationalist Yuri Yekishev until July 22.

that on the same day, Recall another activist of the "People's Militia of Russia", one of the members of the recently created "All-Russian national movement under the leadership of Igor Strelkov" (OND) Maxim Kalashnikov (Vladimir Kucherenko). It was reported that they came to the nationalist with a search in connection with the Ekishev case.

Recall also that Yuri Ekishev was born April 6, 1964 in Syktyvkar. IN 1990s actively participated in the Monarchist movement in Komi, moved in ROCOR, founded the movement "Orthodox Unity" and the organization's newspaper "Zertsalo". Was chairman of the board of the interregional public movement "Union national revival" and the curator of the local branch of the "Movement against illegal migration". In 2003, he was unsuccessfully nominated for the post of head of the Sysolsky region of the Komi Republic.

On September 11, 2006, Yu. Ekishev was sentenced to one and a half years in prison with a term to be served. in a colony-settlement under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code. The verdict entered into force on November 27, 2006. In December 2006, the prosecutor's office brought new charges against Yuri Ekishev. And on October 1, 2007, the Syktyvkar Federal Court sentenced him under Part 1 of Art. 1 st. 282 of the Criminal Code and under Art. 150 of the Criminal Code (involvement of minors in the commission of a crime) to imprisonment with serving term in a colony-settlement for campaigning conversations with young people in a cafe in the village of Vizinga and at a rally in Syktyvkar distribution of leaflets , published by DPNI under the heading "The Truth about the Events in Kondopoga". By totality of sentences and taking into account the partially served term, Ekishev received two years. On at the time of his arrest, the nationalist was an assistant to deputy D. Rogozin. While in the settlement, he wrote a chronicle book "Russia in captivity" (2008). On November 28, 2008, the leader of the People's militia named after Minin and Pozharsky (NOMP) V. Kvachkov.

After his release, Yu. Ekishev moved to Moscow, where he founded the ParaBellum movement. In 2009, he became a member of the headquarters of the NOMP. Since November 2010, he has been one of the leaders of the movement "People's Front for the Liberation of Russia". He was the editor of the far-right website "Shturmnovosti".

Sources

• Kvachkov's closest associate Yury Ekishev detained on suspicion of extremism // Mediazone. 2016. June 22.
• Moscow court arrested nationalist Ekishev until July 22 // RIAMO. 2016. June 27.