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brief chronology of Khimki cataclysm

In 2008 order to build a toll highway from Moscow to St. Petersburg through Khimki Forest won the French construction company Vinci, which together with its subsidiary Eurovia created in Russia OOO Northwest Concession Company (SZKK). The beginning of the work was scheduled for May 2010. According to Interfax, "The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in late [2009], signed with with the World Economic Bank, the European Investment Bank, the Agency for export credit insurance, France and SZKK Memorandum of Understanding project expressway. However, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has not taken any final decisions on project finance so as not approve of his environmental expertise. " The Moscow City Government also refused to endorse the project.

In 2007, when it became known the decision to build highway, Khimki residents create a movement for the preservation of forests. The results of the environmental review and public hearings, cost-effective alternative projects are regularly ignored by the local administration. Local activists and journalists, the speakers on the subject, subjected to threats and attacks. Three of the loudest, but not isolated cases: brutal attack on journalist Michael Beketov (2008) and activist Albert Pchelintsev (2009), who miraculously survived, and a failed attempt to shoot down a motor vehicle activist Yevgeny Chirikov (2010). Residents of Khimki, involved in forest protection, to become a regular police provocations and attacks by unknown. They rudely detained during the picket, torture in police stations are locked in their own homes, burn their cars, set fire to the house. (See the great chronicle of events: http://www.ecmo.ru/Hronos/ )

In May 2009 the Russian Ministry of Transport has officially cancels the decision of Moscow Region Governor Gromov № 358/16, reserved for the "transport infrastructure and other capital construction" road forest belt width of 3000 meters to each side of the projected axis. Moreover, the route cuts through the forest into two parts and makes the "loop", extends her for at least 8 km, compared with a variant of strip along the October Railway. However, in November the same year, Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation Putin signed an order number 1642 on the transfer of land Khimki forest land transport and industry. In March 2010 the Supreme Court refuses Khimki forest defenders in the lawsuit at the disposal of Putin № 1642, in clear violation of law and the judge recognized the falsification of documents on the status of Khimki forest.

In July 2010 began implementing a plan Vinci / Eurovia involving FGU Roads of Russia ": the company hired by the Executive Ltd" Heat "has begun to deforestation, even without permits. Residents of Khimki, members of environmental and anti-fascist movements, human rights and political organizations are split on-site logging camp to discourage illegal destruction of forests. The camp was repeatedly attacked by unknown mercenaries, camp participants periodically delayed police and riot police, several residents Khimki committed street attacks. Felling machines appear in other parts of the forest, despite the previous lack of permits and on examination results in the Prosecutor's Office, the Public Chamber of Russia and the European Parliament, confirming the illegal logging. Currently, the track was almost completely cut down, quickly and completely illegal. But the forest can still be saved if the construction will be routes for alternative option.

In late July, is a manifestation of the administration building of Khimki. Several hundred members of social movements, mainly the anti-fascists and anarchists protesting against the criminal position of the local administration and express their solidarity with the defenders of the forest. The building is divided into several panes, on the walls by the inscription "Save the Russian forest!" At the scene no one was detained. But the next day the police "in retaliation" comes home for the two public figures anti-fascist movement, Alexey and Maxim Gaskarova Solopova and arresting them without presenting any evidence. Gaskarov Solopov and remanded in custody for two months, have been charged and face up to 7 years imprisonment. At present, their lives and health at risk: police set against them from other prisoners.

situation is critical. Threatened green life in Moscow and Europe. Our total net air. Endanger the safety of people active in Khimki, freedom and lives of members of antifascist movement. Really need your solidarity!

Demand on Russian and international structures:
Stop bloody trail!
Freedom Maxim Solopova and Alexei Gaskarova!
stop the persecution of Eugenia Chirikov and defenders Khimki forest!

Originally published at Committee on January 19 . You can comment here or there .

Motorcycle Follicular Lymphoma

by the Nazis killed an anti-fascist Constantine Lunkin

died on May 31 is our friend Kostya Lunkin. May 23 at his birthday, when he was 25 years old, he was ill-Nazi attack at his house. He broke the stone head. All the while he was in a state coma in intensive care regional hospital in Ryazan. We - friends, acquaintances and relatives until the end of bones believed only in the best outcome. But to everyone's regret Today he died without regaining consciousness. Kostya was always very kind and positive person in any situation, never give up hope and do not panic, in any the time was ready to help. Studied, listened to your favorite music, graffiti. Like any normal person, Kostya adhered to the anti-fascist views.

alleged killers were arrested in one day. They identified the bones of a neighbor who lives on the ground floor, which saw the attack from the window. However, at the moment these people are at liberty because their parents told police that their children at the time of the beating bones, supposedly, were at home.

Unfortunately, it is not single attack by the Nazis in the day. In Moscow on May 23 was also killed 28-year-old Dmitry Kashitsyn, received more than 15 stab wounds. Through a few days of a heart attack his father died Dimitri.

Friends Bones opened the account in the system a Yandex-money - 41001601710911, which you can transfer funds family of the deceased.

antifascists Ryazan

Originally published at Committee on January 19 . You can comment here or there .

Razor Electric Chopper

In Izhevsk, neo-Nazis set fire to an apartment antifascist

May 23, at about 2-3 am, in Izhevsk, a group of neo-Nazis committed another audacious criminal offense. At this time, Udmurt "admirer of Hitler" tried to set fire to the apartment, which is home to well-known activist anti-fascist movement of Izhevsk - Oleg Serebrennikov. In addition, neo-Nazis in the entryway written several titles with threats to life and health to the anti-fascist.

According to Oleg, a group of neo-Nazis in the street threw a loggia apartment, where he lives a lighted roll of old matter and set ablaze the paper. From this the loggia the fire started, causing severe smoke in an apartment and damaging things, lying on the balcony. Neo-Nazis also made 11 shots from the air weapons in the apartment balcony glazing, where anti-fascist.

Moment of arson and shooting Oleg did not notice - he worked on the computer, but the noise in the apartment and spread a thick acrid smoke disturbed young man. Going to the balcony, he saw that part of the lodge on fire, he also said employees fire protection, trying to extinguish the fire. One of the firefighters asked them to open the door from the entrance, and apartments for the second calculation of fire protection. Oleg immediately admitted to the shelter a second group of firefighters, but their assistance is no longer needed - source of fire was extinguished. At the same time leaving the apartment in the staircase, an anti-fascist found that all the walls floor on which he resides, densely plotted with swastikas and other Nazi symbols, as well as death threats against him.

According to Oleg, after a group of firefighters left the apartment, he walked into the courtyard, in order to try to assess how badly burned loggia and look for the search of possible participants arson. Approaching the balcony, he noticed that at a distance of 30-40 meters from the fire are several suspicious persons. He then began to inspect the loggia and found the inscription offensive content, made a balloon with paint, as well as others made in the entryway. After seeing the loggia, an anti-fascist again turned to the side, where before had been unknown assailants, this time they were gone.

May 24 at about 13.30 Oleg caused police to inspect the fire site. After two hours on-call officers arrived October ROVD Izhevsk police captain Sokolov, DA Cursorily inspected the location of fire and taking a short explanation, Sokolov group called investigators and experts from the October police department. Experts and investigators arrived about 17.00, more than two hours inspect the fire site, photographed the graffiti left by neo-Nazis, anti-fascist questioned on the substance of what happened.

According antifascist Izhevsk, attempted arson apartment Oleg Serebrennikov was not accidental action of insane neo-Nazis. Most likely, this was a planned campaign of intimidation. Oleg has been actively involved in the development of anti-fascist movement in the city, his papers on the growth of neo-Nazi attacks Izhevsk, periodically go in the media of Izhevsk. Besides, it's not the first neo-Nazi crime in relation to Oleg. In February 2004 he was attacked by a group of neo-Nazis in the center of Izhevsk, for participation in which four were convicted neo-Nazi. Neo-Nazis trying to set fire to his apartment, of course, wanted that he has ceased to illuminate the existence of a Nazi underground in Izhevsk and crimes committed by neo-Nazis.

Over the past few years in Izhevsk There were several high-profile crimes involving neo-Nazis. In March 2007, about the eternal flame gang of neo-Nazis, was brutally murdered Stanislav Korepanov . In September 2008, at the hands of neo-nazis armed with knives injured three anti-fascist, one of them, Kapshunov Sergei, received severe multiple injuries and a miracle remained alive. In October 2008, two drunken neo-Nazis attacked a 14-year-old schoolboy who was born in Azerbaijan - Nadirli Shaheen-oglu. In November 2008, two neo-Nazi inflicted seriously injured anti-fascists Stukanovskomu Dmitry about a rock concert. In February 2010, in the courtyard of his house was almost killed antifascist Mark Kolbin, he was attacked neo-Nazi gang armed with knives.

According to activists of the anti-fascist movement of Izhevsk, this series of Nazi attacks are likely to be due to the fact that since 2008 MIA Udmurtia sharply stepped up the fight against anti-fascist movement of Izhevsk. And often the methods that use staff police are very far from the "law". Since spring 2008, the MIA Udmurtia against participants in the antifascist movement of Izhevsk was excited about 10 criminal Affairs. Majority of criminal cases the applicants were neo-Nazis who had "trouble with the law": almost all of them have criminal charges for attacks on people, vandalism. During the investigation of these cases, many anti-fascists were subjected to beatings and psychological pressure from some staff MIA Udmurtia. Perhaps, though the Interior Ministry as "pressed" anti-fascists, Nazis, a number of sees in this kind of "support" for his actions by the Interior Ministry, and consider it is an opportune moment to intensify the attacks.

«Antifa Izhevsk»

Originally published at Committee on January 19 . You can comment here or there .

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Exhibition "urgent need fight »

Day on Wednesday, May 12 2010, in Moscow Winery Gallery Paperworks exhibition Nicholas Oleynikova "The urgent need to combat." She opened the seminar with the participation of community activists, scholars and artists discussing the topic anti-fascist struggle - this year in Moscow, in an attempt to understand the anti-fascist struggle in historical perspective. This event was submitted to a new journal published jointly by the working group "What to do?", "Free Marxist publications "and" Committee on January 19 with the support of Paperworks Verlag. In the paper version of the zine includes texts by authors such as: Artem Magun, Oxana Timofeeva, Maxim Stepanov, Alexander Bikbov, Paolo Virno, Christina Kayndl, Xenia Poluektova Creamery, Kirill Medvedev, Vladislav Shlengel, Katie Chukhrov, Daria Atlas, Nikolai Econ.

The seminar presentations were made by Vlad Tupikin ("factors of violence in the anti-fascist struggle"), Alexander Bikbov ("The racist and xenophobic trends in Russian higher educational institutions "), Xenia Polektova Creamery (" The Holocaust and historical memory in modern conditions. Sobibor - revolt in the camp of death "), Maxim Stepanov ("Who and why fears of anti-fascists"), Kirill Medvedev (Edelman, activist and poet Shlengel. Warsaw Ghetto: counterattack). Plus, Nikolai Oleynikov - Author of the exhibition, gave a tour for participants. Most of the speeches, one way or another, in common with materials published in zina. Zine released in 1000 copies and will be distributed in several Moscow and St. Petersburg stores. Part of the edition will be distributed among regions activists.

Below we publish a statement of Ed. Board of zina "The urgent need to combat" and a few responses to the exhibition from the audience.

«Revenge of the far right on our streets, in government, in newspapers, in university classrooms and art exhibitions does not give us a hand anti-fascism in the archives of the last century.

We stand in solidarity with the rebellious prisoners of Sobibor and the Warsaw ghetto, the struggle of Soviet soldiers, the English Anarchists and Marxist-poumovtsev, with the heroes of French and Italian resistance, with the Yugoslav partisans, with the victims of Pinochet terror ...

We do not believe that their feat can be reduced in the ghettos of ethnic, national, party, or sub-cultural memory. We do not believe that the historical contradictions between anti-fascists in the past to divide us today. Historical memory belongs to anyone willing to apply it in their lives and share with others.

We do not see fascism as an abstract or otherworldly evil, nor as a manifestation of the eternal human vices. Historically, fascism in all its forms generated by the system that has certain qualities and name. This system - capitalism is. Fascism emerges at the point where the conversation about the specific social ills and contradictions replaced the talk of the privileges of a strong, successful, (God) elected, on the inviolability of the social, ethnic, and any other boundaries and hierarchies, allegedly transferred more than nature or mortgaged. We believe - there is no "given over" inequality "

We know one boundary - Between right, ie hierarchy (what else - a conservative, national-socialist or market-fundamentalist - form) and left , that is, by both the horizon and concrete steps towards him.

We see the urgent need to combat, including in the field of culture, art and knowledge. In establishing the continuity of the anti-fascist theory and practice »

Originally published at Комитет 19 января . You can comment here or there .