SARATOV, Volga Region — Writer Eduard Limonov has never been one to keep his thoughts to himself, especially when it comes to “the evil force called The System.”
Under communism, Limonov’s anti-Soviet views got him expelled from the country. When he returned to Russia in the mid-1990s after 20 years abroad, he headed up a fringe ultranationalist movement and railed against the new regime in the Kremlin, preaching extremism and social justice “by any means necessary.” (more…)
The Federal Security Service has charged Eduard Limonov, a radical writer and head of the National Bolshevik Party, with participating in the illegal procurement of weapons.
Limonov was arrested on April 7 with Sergei Aksyonov, editor of the Limonka newspaper, and six other National Bolshevik Party members near the remote Altai village of Bannoye. He and Aksyonov are now being held at Moscow’s Lefortovo Prison.
Limonov’s lawyer Sergei Belyak said the FSB on Tuesday charged his client and Aksyonov with belonging to a group involved in the illegal procurement of weapons. If found guilty, they each face up to eight years in prison. (more…)