A video on activists breaking in to dormitory of "Moscow shelk" 19th of January in defence of the dwellers

Activists are breaking in to dormatory of "Mosshelk", a video by lenta.ru:
http://lenta.ru/video/2013/01/21/dorm/

People living in dormitory of "Mosshelk"-corporation are being illegally evicted due to commercial interests. Anti-fascist and anarchist activists came 19th of January in order to defend dwellers, and found private security blocking off the dwellers. Security attempted to fight back with pepper gas and iron bars, but eventually activists managed to break in to the dorm, which was brutally evicted by OMON riot police the following night. Currently two anarchists are facing felony charges for the action. More information: http://avtonom.org/en/news/two-anarchists-defending-tenants-eviction-are-arrested-moscow

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