At this moment, Russia's antifascist, anarchist and environmentalist movements are in great need of international solidarity.
Berlin
August 9 from 17.20 to 19 hours before the Russian Embassy in Berlin, the capital of Germany, was an action for the immediate release of Alexey and Maxim Gaskarova Solopova arrested after going to the administration of the city of Khimki. More than 30 people from the organization Anarcho-syndicalist Youth Berlin (ASJ Berlin) picketed the building on the Unter den Linden, with black and red flags with the slogan "Against repression" in Russian, German and English.
On August 9, Student boulevard Petrozavodsk gathered more than 40 people to support Khimkinskiy residents and activists who oppose cutting Khimki park for the construction of highway Moscow-Saint Petersburg. The picketers demanded to stop deforestation, stop the repression against the environmentalists, to immediately release the illegally detained activists, anti-fascist Maxim Solopova and Alexei Gaskarova.
Police yesterday sought to make "b" to reveal the source of information about the July attack on the administration of the city of Khimki, which violates the law on mass media. Law enforcement officials had intended to get e-mail one of the participants of this action, which gave an anonymous interview to Kommersant. The editors refused, suggesting Moscow region police officers to obtain a court decision.
Police yesterday sought to make "b" to reveal the source of information about the July attack on the administration of the city of Khimki, which violates the law on mass media. Law enforcement officials had intended to get e-mail one of the participants of this action, which gave an anonymous interview to Kommersant. The editors refused, suggesting Moscow region police officers to obtain a court decision.
Detachment of riot police near Moscow yesterday held a special operation to detain head movement to protect forests Khimki Eugenia Chirikova. Blocking journalists, policemen were waiting for her at the press conference on the attack on the Khimki administration, was taken to the station and interrogated the whole day. In the Moscow region police department say that the leader of environmentalists ignore the call for questioning, but recognize that the police "overdone".
May 4 Ufa anti-fascists and members of the "autonomous action" was an action of solidarity with the Moscow anti-fascists Gaskarova Alexey and Maxim Solopovym unlawfully detained after protests in Khimki. On the bridge at the intersection of Ave Salavat Yulayev and st. Sugita Agishev was posted on a banner with the inscription "Freedom for the Moscow anti-fascists".
Moscow: gathering near the monument Griboyedov at 17:00 on Saturday (Net pPudy)
http://vkontakte.ru/event19157115
St. Petersburg: in the garden of. Chernyshevskogo at 18:30 on Friday
http://vkontakte.ru/event19167372
Come yourself and others call me
Today, the Internet has appeared a video where a man in a mask is recognized organization "Khimki events" and promises new "disorders". Moreover, in this video is referred to our friend Alex Gaskarov wrongfully detained by police on trumped-up charges - a masked man called him the organizer of the events surrounding the administration.
On Wednesday, August 3 in Odessa anti-fascists, anarchists and members of leftist movements held a rally of solidarity with Russian anti-fascists - Alexey and Maxim Gaskarova Solopovym, arrested for allegedly organizing the pogrom city administration Khimki (Moscow region), although no evidence of their involvement in the events of July 28 for illegal search the apartments of arrested had been found.
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 city court left in custody the both suspects of the attack on the city administration, Maxim Solopov and Alexey Gaskarov. They were remanded for two months.
Source: http://www.gazeta.ru/news/lenta/2010/08/03/n_1529159.shtml
Alexey and Maxim Gaskarov Solopov detained illegally. We publish a detailed commentary lawyer Mikhail Trepashkin with photographs of protocols:
July 31 in City Court, the Court held Khimki to elect measure Alexei Gaskarova and Maxim Solopovu. The meeting was held behind closed doors, which in the opinion of counsel had no reason to.
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.
Today (30th of July) names of two activists, arrested in related to criminal case on “hooliganism” after attack against city administration of city of Khimki in Moscow region 28th of July were published in maintream news – Aleksey Gaskarov and Maksim Solopov.
A few hours ago it was reported that police detained two anti-fascists - Alexei Gaskarova and Maxim Solopova - and charge them in organizing attacks on the administration of Khimki .
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