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| 2100 arrested at rallies in Moscow |
| 2010-12-19 |
| [Iran Press TV] Russian police have jugged over 2100 people at a rallies in the Moscow region in line with the country's policy to clamp down on the recent outbreaks of ethnic violence. In the rallies, hundreds of demonstrators, including young nationalists, erupted into the streets in northern Moscow on Saturday. The main event, organized by ethnic Russian nationalists, was authorized by officials, but turned violent after the crowd scattered, Rooters reported. "The rally was sanctioned, but soon the young people got bored, split into groups, and started marching with flaming torches toward the metro. This was illegal of course, and the police made arrests," Moscow police front man Viktor Biryukov said. Russian media outlets have reported that some people of migrant origin were also among those jugged. Ethnic violence in Russia hit a new peak last week when 7,000 soccer fans and nationalists, who were chanting racist slogans, rallied near Red Square and attacked passers-by who appeared to be ethnic minorities, injuring more than 30 people. The violence was condemned by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who promised to put an end to all forms of extremism. On Wednesday, police jugged about 1000 youths at central Moscow's Kievsky train station, where a big rally was reportedly being scheduled through the internet. Radical racist far-right groups have mushroomed in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Putin made a bad mistake in creating his nationalist youth organization. 10 minutes later they turned into brown shirts and were out of control, spinning off even more radical groups with no government control at all. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-12-19 09:00 |