Regular arrests of members of the “White Suit”

On September 8, 2023, it became known that members of the neo-Nazi community “White Suit” were detained in several regions of the country.

According to law enforcement agencies, members of the group “were preparing to commit a series of serious crimes on the territory of the Russian Federation, including against the interests of the country.”

Unfortunately, neither the number of detainees nor the details of the crimes being prepared are disclosed. The detainees have already been taken into custody.

Let us recall that in August, in the case of publishing extremist materials in the Telegram channel “White Suit”, the wife of the famous neo-Nazi, sentenced to life in prison, Nikola Korolev, Veronika Koroleva, and the alleged leader of the “White Suit” Artem Zepp were detained (more about these detentions and about “White suit” see here ). At the same time, in August, the administrator of the Telegram channel “White Suit”, Mark Filippov, previously convicted of murder, was arrested (for more details, see here) .

Criminal cases have been initiated against members of the “White Suit” under Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code (public calls for terrorism), Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremism), Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of national hatred).

Let us remind you that the participants of the “White Suit” call themselves Russian nationalists, use neo-Nazi symbols in their Telegram channel, and raise money for the far right, convicted of violent hate crimes. Among the participants are convicted and released ultra-rightists. “White Suit” includes, among other things, members of such organizations banned in Russia as “Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists”, “Format-18”, “Combat Terrorist Organization”, “Restrukt”, NS/WP.

According to media reports, the group is associated with terrorist organizations banned in Russia, the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), the neo-pagan far-right association Wotan Jugend and the banned Azov battalion.

Sources

• The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the detention of the leaders of the neo-Nazi group “White Suit” // Kommersant. 2023. September 8.
• The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported the detention of members of the “White Suit” in several regions // RBC. 2023. September 8.