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The Moscow authorities disrupted a concert on Pushkin Square

Yesterday, August 22, in Pushkin Square in Moscow rally-concert in support of Khimki forest, which brought together more than two thousand people. By the authorized rally in defense of Khimki forest metropolitan police department prepared a serious, than to any unauthorized action. Soldiers and riot police officers the 2 nd regiment of operational police department of the capital and blocked access to Pushkin Square from the metro.

The rally in defense of the forest Khimki Moscow

August 16, 2010 in Moscow, on Clean Ponds, held a rally in defense of Khimki woods. The event, organized by the "Environmental defense of Moscow Region, brought together about 300 participants. Many of them on their faces or shoulders were drawn numbers 67, reminiscent of the 67% of Muscovites that spoke against laying tracks through the woods Khimki on a survey conducted ekoaktivistami.

Hello, you again free radio "Birds Khimki woods"

Main news today - anti-fascists Alexei Gaskarova and Maxim Solopova left custody, and Lyesha two months, and Max somehow "indefinitely". Incidentally, for the guys vouched Deputy Oleg Shein gosudumy - that they do not run away and all that, but the court chose to obey Khimki Khimki police. The meeting was somehow made private, so long as no details.

Khimki: smashing down local administration, background and following arrests

Khimki

Here is the accumulation of all substantial information concerning Khimki forest logging, attack of Khimki administration by anarchists and antifascists and the following arrests.

We clearly understand why Alexei and Maxim got arrested. They are well known in public and are taking responsibility for being publicly open. They never concealed their views, appeared both in press and on the radio. They got arrested being the only antifascists well known to the police. Now the police is under pressure from the administration of the President, that’s why at least someone needed to be arrested. We’re disturbed by the way the procedures are progressing and would appreciate any international support.

Anarchists and anti-fascists in Moscow defeated the administration of Khimki Khimki felled timber

According to local residents, about 20.00 a group of young people, numbering from 400 to 500 people attacked the administration of Khimki. Young people chanted slogans: "Defend Russian forest", "Strelchenko (Chapter Khimki signed a decree on the construction of logging roads), hands off from the forest", etc. Having a column from the commuter train station and in front of him carrying a huge tranparant "Protecting our forest from the Nazi occupiers!", young people, according to eyewitnesses, the building started throwing stones and smoke bombs.

The attack on forest defenders Khimki

July 23, 2010 Camp Forest Defenders Khimki (Moscow region). About 5 am surrounded a detachment of 40 men, similar to football fans in white masks who said they were ready to "kill and clean." After that the cutting of forests for "protection" of these mercenaries, who use tactics and attributes specific to football fans - private individuals, sports wear and special bandages on his hands. It is known that the vast majority of Russian hooligans - supporters of the neo-fascist ideology.

In Tyumen, students require return transportation benefits

Tyumen, students continue to struggle against increasing fares on buses and for the return of student benefits. On Friday, June 4 they had in the downtown rally "hares", joined by the participants' blood pressure-Tyumen and vneorganizatsionnye anarchists. About 25 people in masks, in spite of rain, handing out leaflets and stickers, talked to passers-by and the cops.

Actions vs. repressions

Short film Actions vs. repressions gives a voice to Russian anti-authoritarian activists from Autonomous Action of St. Petersburg and Ufa, Anarchist Black Cross of Moscow and St. Petersburg and Vsevolod Ostapov, who got brutalised by Police in April of 2007 and whose case became a rallying cry for a significiant campaign against police brutality in Moscow during last two years.

Seva Ostapov: Convicted for the Crime of Being Beaten by the Police

We have posted on the ridiculous case of Vsevolod “Seva” Ostapov on two previous occasions. Yesterday, February 17, the whole ugly story came to a (we hope, temporary) conclusion in a Moscow court. Below, you’ll find translations of some of the coverage in the non-state-controlled press.

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Антти Раутиайнен

June 11th is the International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason & All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners. This action day has a long history, it was organized first time 20 years ago in 2004. In the first year, we managed to paint a graffiti to wall of one of the most guarded objects of Moscow,...

4 months ago
Антти Раутиайнен

Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war...

5 months ago