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The action of solidarity with the Russian anti-fascists and social activists passed today in Denmark.

Activists from Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia and Poland came to the embassy of Russian Federation in Copenhagen, to put flowers and light candles to the pictures of a killed Russian antifascists.
In the last few years in Russia due to the connivance of authorities, the level of aggression of neo-nazis has sharply increased. Their victims are gastarbeiters from the countries of the former U.S.S.R. and Far East, as well as social activists.
The only opposition to neo-nazis are antifascists.

Against anti-fascists and other dissidents repressions are used. Using a concept «extremism» authorities try to criminalize antifascists and lay them to creation of informal youth movements, carrying on criminal activity.

   Ivan “Vanya Bonecrusher” Khutorskoy was shot in Moscow by an unknown nazi assassin on the 16th of November 2009. This interview with him (where he uses a pseudonym) was published on the punxunite.ru website on the 29th of September this year. Take the time to read it in order to know about this man and his ideas, share it with your friends and translate it.

Talking about nothing

In evening of 17th of November, friends of Ivan Khutorskoy, anarchists and anti-fascists gathered at metro station "Tsvetnoy Boulevard" to gather financial support to family of Ivan. At least 400 people gathered there.

Soon a bus with OMON riot police and people from "Center of Counteraction Against Extremism" CPE came to disperse crowd, which was gathering peacefully and had not intentions to demonstrate at the spot.

According to texts posted to some blogs, aroup of people moved to metro, police tried to grab people but everyone was succesfully dearrested.

Later in the evening part of the people who gathered took metro to office of pro-Kremlin youth organisation "Young Russia" (Rossiya Molodaya), which is openly cooperating with organisation "Russkiy Obraz" (Russian Way), linked to suspected murderers of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and anarchist journalist Anastasia Baburova. Office of "Young Russia" was attacked with rocks, stones, flares and road signs. After attack, anti-fascists escaped.

According to anonymous statement posted to some indymedia sites (for example here: http://piter.indymedia.org/node/8659), "Young Russia" was picked as a target due to its links to neonazis.

More on Young Russia Nazi connection:

Today, on the 19th of November, the demo to honour the memory of Ivan "Bonebreaker" Khutorskoy, held by antifascists, took place in Chernihiv (Ukraine).  In silence, holding the banners ("*Vanya's portrait* 16th of November has been killed by nazis", "We won't forget, we won't forgive 16.11.2009"), antifascists has walked down the central city's streets, giving a leaflets, explaining the situation to passers-by (who couldn't understand what was going on).

Yesterday evening, Monday the 16th of November, 26 year old anti-fascist Ivan “Vanya Kostolom” Khutorskoy was shot to death at the entrance to his home at Khabarovsk street in the east side of Moscow; according to some information with two shots to his head.

Vanya was a great figure in the Russian anti-fascist movement, and I am sure many people will write down their memories of him in thedays, months and years to come. But as of today most of his friends are too angry and too shocked, at the loss of this friend and comrade.

Recent months have seen unprecendent levels of repression against
anti-fascists in Ukraine and Russia. Anti-fascists have been both framed
up and punished for defending themselves against Nazis. In Ukraine,
President proclaimed Antifa to be "extremists" and ordered
the law enforcement agencies "to scrutinize political motives" behind
the death of Nazi activist Maksim Chayka, who died in Odessa after an
attempt to attack 5 anti-fascists with his 15 friends. Referring to
Nazis as "patriots", Yuschenko showed his sympathy with them.

1 may 2009 - International workers solidarity day – demonstration with the participation of left radicals and independent trade unions took place in Kiev (Ukraine).

The banner “Against power and capital” was carried by already traditional for Kiev antifascist Black Block. Around 400 young workers, students, social activists started from the metro station ”Arsenalna” and had to stop near the Shevchenko park, passing Cabinet of Ministers, Parliament and Kiev city administration. Police reacted nervously to the use of fireworks by participants of march and was trying to provoke fights.

Antifascists and human rights activists consider Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko’s recent statement to be intended to manipulate the public opinion and pressurize the investigation. They said it on April 24 in Kiev.

On April 21 the President said he would personally monitor investigation of the death of Ukrainian neo-Nazi Maksim Chayka who was killed during the fight between the far-right extremists and antifascists in Odessa.

“We really doubt that the inquest will be impartial and unbiased now, after the intervention of the President of State”, said Vladimir Chemeris from Respublika Institute, the human rights watchdog. He stressed that in the statement published by his press officer Iryna Vannikova, Mr. Yuschenko defined the incident as murder, not as self-defense.

On April 22 the president of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko made an official statement that there is «an extremist organisation “Antifa”» in Ukraine and demanded from SBU (Ukraine Security Service) – «to check all the information concerning coordination of its activity by the foreign anti-Ukrainian organizations». This is an exceptional incident: the president points out to the law enforcing services that there are extremists in Ukraine, names them, and insinuates who their real organizers and patrons are.

Neo-nazist became a victim of his own aggression On the 17th of April   in Odessa 15 nazi-skinheads with the use of bottles and rocks  attacked  5 members of the anti-fascist movement. Nazis ran up to the  antifascists sitting on a bench near the “Orech” club and  started shouting threads and Nazis slogans and started the fighting. Earlier activists of «antifa» were often threatened  by Nazi-skinheads; anti-fascists were victims of nazi-attacks. Their fore they realized that any conflict provoked by Nazis could be fatal. Protecting their lives “antifa” had to use a pen-knife (means of self-protection not prohibited by the low) Nazi-skinhead Maksim Chaika –was wounded. He did not get proper medical aid and died. If the antifascists had not fighted back protecting themselves they would have been in morgue. Ultrarights tray to make benefit of the insolent by fouls presenting the facts and cynically  lying to the publicity.
Ultrarights propagandists declair that killing had political subtext. Actually 5 antifa had to resist 15 aggressive nazi-skinhead attack. The police confirm the fixed number of antifashiscts. Nazis are truing to present  Maksim Chaika as are victim however it was him , and his friends who started the fighting.