Posts Tagged ‘police’

Police Raid National Bolshevik’s Apartment

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Police raided the apartment of an activist with the banned National Bolshevik Party on Thursday and confiscated a computer and several books by opposition leader Eduard Limonov, a spokesman for the opposition coalition The Other Russia said.

Police entered the apartment of activist Maxim Gasovich in southern Moscow at around 9 a.m. in search of fellow opposition activist Darya Isayeva, who is being investigated on suspicion of extremism for a stunt in a Yolki-Palki restaurant last month, spokesman Alexander Averin said.  (more…)

Putin’s Pariah

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Edward Limonov, photo: Donald WeberCorrection Appended

It began inauspiciously. On a frozen afternoon in late November, as Moscow was draped with blocklong plastic billboards, banners and flags, each proclaiming a variation on a single theme — “POBEDA PUTINA — POBEDA ROSSII!” (“A Victory for Putin Is a Victory for Russia”) — a few thousand Russians converged on the city center for a rare act of political theater. It seemed, at first, like a tableau from the last days of the U.S.S.R., those heady months when glasnost swelled the streets with protesters. A handful of dissidents stood on a flatbed truck; a jumble of loudspeakers were stacked below; the crew of foreign reporters vastly outnumbered the local press; and across the way, the secret policemen with their unseen amplifiers were drowning the protest in canned laughter and Soviet waltzes. (more…)

History Of An Opposition Movement

Friday, June 1st, 2007

Other Russia’s Conference on July 11—12 have started processes of confrontation between Putin’s Kremlin forces and new oppositional forces consolidated under “Other Russia’s” banner.

At the moment of “Other Russia’s” creation, old opposition forces (Zuganov’s Communists, Yavlinski’s democrats, the Union of Right Forces) have proved to be impotent. Not dead, but as unactive as dead. For more than decade those opposition parties were present in Russian State Duma, however that presence couldn’t stop an installation in Russia of rightwing Putin dictatorship. Exploiting protest emotions of population, Zuganov, Yavlinksi, and rest were actually pretenders, false oppositioners.

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Kremlin Public Enemy No.1

Friday, May 4th, 2007

Police-state is not the same state that is fascist state. Russia before April 14, 2007 was a police state, but it became a fascist state after brutal suppression of “March of Dissenters” on April 14 in Moscow, and April 15 in St. Petersburg. I went through both of them.

On the morning of April 14 center of Moscow was looking like a military camp. Army vehicles, columns of special forces. Passersby were severely scrutinized by soldiers and police officers. Suspected to be dissenters were dragged out almost immediately. I met Garry Kasparov at about 11:30 am near Zubovsky Bulvar. Mikhail Kasyanov was blocked somewhere, so we have decided to go at Pushkinskaya Ploschad, where we have announced dissenters should meet. On telephone we have received an information that biggest group of dissenters have concentrated itself near Museum of Revolution on Tverskaya Ulitsa. We decided to go there. Kasparov’s car have passed across the street on yellow light, so a car with me and my security people have arrived to the place of destination near Museum of Revolution with few minutes delay. I saw Kasparov surrounded by police special forces soldiers. Other soldiers were running towards Kasparov. One of Kasparov’s security people saw my car and me in it, ready to get out, so he signaled me with his hands, “No, don’t go out!”

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“March of Dissent” Investigated for Extremism

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

// Kasparov’s United Civil Front Headquarters Searched

Garry KasparovYesterday commandos from the anti-terrorism unit of the Russian Internal Affairs Ministry searched the Moscow headquarters of Garry Kasparov’s United Civil Front party. The police, claiming that they were trying to head off any trouble that might arise during next Saturday’s “March of Dissent,” scoured the office for literature that could be construed as encouraging extremism. In return, Mr. Kasparov accused the ministry of “repression” and “intimidation.” (more…)

Batting a Thousand

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

Injured members of leftist youth organizations said that their attackers escaped in a bus.// Who was behind the attack on the National Bolsheviks

Patriot Games


Late Monday night, an attack was made on radical leftist youth in Moscow. They were shot with stun guns and beaten with baseball bats. Four members of the National Bolshevik Party were hospitalized. The victims are blaming the pro-presidential Nashi (Ours) group for the attack, although that group denies any involvement. At the police station where the attackers were taken, all information about them has been declared secret and the attackers themselves released. Kommersant has been able to obtain a list of the arrestees, however. It can be gathered from an examination of that list that the attackers were part of an organized group of fans of the Spartak team that has been suspected of having ties with Nashi.

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Dr. Limonov’s Advices on Surviving Russian Interrogation

Saturday, November 13th, 2004

When detained, you shouldn’t talk to them without presence of lawyer. Remember that: at first hours and first days of detention you will be most vulnerable: surrounded by policemen, frightened, so you will easy to deal with. Anything you say will be later used to destroy you or your friends. So, don’t talk, don’t sign anything. Wait for the lawyer.

Almost sure you will be beaten, when detained. The very degrees of beating will depend on crime which you suspected to commit. If you are suspected of committing homicide, you will be severely beaten, in order to force you to confess. In Russian law system confession is very important. You should manage do not confess for three days, afterwards you will be released or will be transferred to prison. In prison during investigation you will not be beaten, they will use other means of influence on you. That because, when in prison, you will be under charge of two administrations: prison administration and team of investigators. Each will not be interested to bear responsibilities for your injuries and hematomes. (more…)

The Nazbols got the US ambassador in Chelyabinsk

Friday, April 2nd, 2004

The 2 of April, activists of the Chelyabinsk filial of the National-bolshevik party (NBP) had thrown eggs and packets of mayonnaise at the US ambassador Alexander Vershbow.
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The Nazbols Captured “United Russia”

Saturday, March 6th, 2004

Nazbol Roman PopkovYesterday, a group of activists of Eduard Limonov’s National-Bolshevik Party (NBP) captured the public vestibule of the “United Russia” party in Pereyaslavsky Lane. Having smashed the security, the nazbols penetrated into the building and carried out an action under the motto “Russia without Putin”, arranged with the presidential elections.

The reporter of the newspaper “Kommersant” Oleg Kashin watched the action and was arrested by the police together with its participants.  (more…)

Raimond Krumgold: A Bomb for President

Thursday, June 26th, 2003

Nazbol KrumgoldAt the end of last week Dvinsk national-bolsheviks Artur Petrov and Raimond Krumgold were released from the Riga Central Prison under the police surveillance. The fellows from Daugavpils were arrested last year on the 20th of November accused of “calling to violent overthrowing of power”.

The fact that sooner or later the Dvinsk national-bolsheviks were to be released was beyond any doubt. Judgind by the present-day situation, the Dvinsk “limonovists” even have a chance to get a welfare from the Ministry of Justice fund for having been unlawfully imprisoned. Our brave police has got into an embarassing position once again.

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