{"id":736,"date":"2007-08-15T16:53:12","date_gmt":"2007-08-15T06:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=736"},"modified":"2007-08-16T17:30:20","modified_gmt":"2007-08-16T07:30:20","slug":"nothing-to-see-here-just-murder-apathy-and-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=736","title":{"rendered":"Nothing to see here, just murder, apathy, and collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"

For several years, Russian neo-Nazis have been butchering their enemies — principally dark-skinned Russians, those from neighbouring territories, and anarchists — with relative impunity. Further, given generalised xenophobia on the part of the Russian population as a whole, they’ve done so with relatively little opposition. Crucially, however, their violent repression has taken place with the implicit support of the Russian state. Thus, as is becoming increasingly widely acknowledged, even by the Western media, perpetrators of fascist violence usually escape capture, and when prosecuted, receive relatively light sentences, their crimes often described as mere ‘hooliganism’. The apparent decision by one group of neo-Nazis to video their murderous crime and to broadcast it online represents a relatively (although not entirely; other assaults resulting in death have been broadcast previously) new development. The sentencing of the murderers of Timur Kacharava<\/a>, on the other hand, does not…<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Update<\/strong> : Man who says he posted execution video online turns himself in to police in Russia<\/a>, AP, International Herald Tribune<\/em>, August 15, 2007: “ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia: A man who says he posted a video on the Internet showing the brutal execution of two men from Central Asia and the Caucasus has turned himself in, a police official said Wednesday…”<\/p>\n

Neo-Nazi video shows execution<\/a>
\nAdrian Blomfield
\nDaily Telegraph<\/em>
\nAugust 14, 2007<\/p>\n

A previously unknown Russian nationalist [sic<\/em>] group has posted a video on the internet showing the execution of two Muslim men, prompting fears that neo-Nazis are beginning to ape the techniques used by Islamic extremists in Iraq. The footage surfaced on the Russian version of the popular social networking website LiveJournal over the weekend. It was quickly taken down.<\/p>\n

The three-minute video, titled \u201cExecution of a Tajik and a Dagestani\u201d, begins with two men kneeling before a masked extremist in combat fatigues. Apparently unprompted, they mumble that they have been taken hostage by \u201cRussian Nationalist Socialists\u201d. The masked man then uses a knife to decapitate one of his prisoners in a grim sequence lasting 90 seconds. The second captive is later forced to kneel in front of a grave before he is shot in the back of his head. The clip, which has a caption claiming to have been filmed by \u201cThe National Socialist Party of Rus\u201d, ends with a still image of a red and white flag emblazoned with a swastika.<\/p>\n

Police have opened an investigation but said it was too soon to determine whether the video was authentic. But human rights activists who saw the video said it was too realistic to have been staged.<\/p>\n

The motive for the attack does not appear to have been revenge for similar executions in Iraq. A Chechen news agency sympathetic to rebels fighting for the republic\u2019s independence from Russia received a \u201cpolicy statement\u201d yesterday from the group that claims to have \u00adcarried out the killings. It called for the expulsion from Russian territory of all Asians and people from the Caucasus, the independence of Chechnya and the resignation of President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

Attacks on ethnic minorities in Russia have risen dramatically in recent years. More than 50 people have been murdered by ultra-nationalist groups this year alone. Human rights groups have accused Russian authorities of ignoring or even tacitly encouraging the extreme right in the country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/div>\n