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Four go on trial over race riot outside Kremlin
Four more men will go on trial for organizing riots in central Moscow that wounded 32 people. The violent clash between soccer fans and North Caucasus natives took place in December 2010. The demonstration was a response to the murder of a football fan who had been involved in a street fight. Infuriated by what they saw as police indifference to the case, thousands of young people took to the streets first to pay tribute to Egor Sviridov, then to brawl with police and immigrants in the area. They gave Nazi salutes and threw flares at the policemen. Sviridovs killer was recently given 20 years in jail. The five other defendants in the trial were all found guilty of the lesser charges of hooliganism and assault. Five organizers and participants of the rally were jailed as well. Posted by: 2012-05-24 |
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