Appeal for anti-fascists repressed in St. Petersburg

 Appeal for anti-fascists repressed in St. Petersburg
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> 29th of August 2006 mafia of Chechen origin went havoc in small city of Kondopoga in Karelia after a conflict with some local people, killing at least 3 persons and
> wounding many more. This shook the small city, and 2nd of September 2000-3000 inhabitants gathered in
> the central square. In a meeting local bourgeoisie and nationalist activists who had
> arrived from other cities managed to turn a justified urge to lynch mafia of all stripes to an all-out ethnic
> pogrom - during following days people of Caucasian origin were indiscriminately attacked, their homes and business ransacked
> and burned.
>
> Crucial role in channeling popular protest to a nationalist direction, not
> dangerous for authorities was DPNI, (Dvijenie Protiv Nelegalnoy Immigratsiy, Movement Against Illegal Migration,
> dpni.org), movement which has managed to unite many far-right tendencies during last 4 years
> under a "single issue", seemingly moderate banner.  Although DPNI attempts to maintain a moderate
> image, it has links to underground groups organising racist terror,  and is also more and more
> often seen together with Vladimir Zhirinovskys LDPR (liberal-democrat) party, a pro-government tool
> created to use and control far right groups for purposes of the authorities. 4th of November 2005 DPNI organised a 3000
> strong march, mostly consisting of nazi-skinheads in Moscow together with Eurasian Union of
> Youth, this was biggest show off of far right in Moscow since perhaps 1993.
>
> Events in Kondopoga have inspired DPNI and other far-right groups to spread
> hate in all around Russia. But not without resistance.  In sunday 17th of September 3:30 PM
> anti-fascists of St. Petersburg attacked picket of DPNI "for defence of Kondopoga inhabintans" at pioneer square. Antifa
> took fascists by surprise, outnumbering them perhaps 40 to 30,
> most of the fascists fled and few showed resistance. Thus at once fascists
> felt how it is to be a hunted instead of a hunter. Few of the fascists were armed, one with  a
> knife and another one with a hammer, they managed to stab one antifa and one passers by. Antifa had no
> other arms but bottles and pepper gas pistols. After one minute, fight was over and fascists
> dispersed. But unfortunately police managed to arrest many people in the region, two of them (19 year Igor
> Malyshev and 21 year old Igor Kuzmichov) are facing felony charges. Kuzmichov is an
> activist of local Food not Bombs. Police tried to extract a confession from Malyshev by beating him up
> cruelly. Currently Kuzmichev has been released under oath of staying in St. Petersburg,
> Malyshev has been transferred to infamous St. Petersburg remand prison Kresty.
>
> Some pictures of the anti-fascist action are available in
> http://ikd.ru/media/Image.2006-09-18.4020 and in website of the DPNI itself, http://www.dpni.org/index.php?0+0+7802
>
> Right now it makes no sense to publish prison address of Malyshev as letters are not allowed in Russian remand prisons. However funds for legal costs of Malyshev and
> Kuzmichov are urgently needed, you may pass money to account below in dollars or in euros. In case
> you live in an EU country, hold on for a few days as we will soon have an account in EU
> country to which money transfers are much more cheaper to make. You may ask information for
> this account from spt2003@email.com during late September and October.
>
> Bank name: Branch "Severnaya stolisa" Of ZAO Raiffeisenbank Austria In the
> city St. Petersburg
> Bank address: Moika embankment. 36, St. Petersburg, 191186 Russia
> SWIFT: RZBMRUMM
> Account number: 40817840803000221211
> Account holder: Koreckij Dmitrij Aleksandrovich