Posted on February 18, 2018 by Insurrection News
On February 5-12, an International Week of solidarity with Anarchist and Antifascist Prisoners in Russia took place. 21 actions against repression were joined by 21 Russian cities and a large number of foreign comrades, from Belarus to the US and Canada.
Information materials, leaflets, graffiti and stencils were distributed, banners were posted informing about repressions against anarchists. Actions were held in Kaliningrad, Altai, Kursk, Novosibirsk, Samara, Kemerovo, Astrakhan, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Izhevsk, Penza, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Nakhodka, Chelyabinsk and Vorkuta.
Pickets informing about the terror of the FSB against anarchists were held in Yekaterinburg, Kandalaksha, Tomsk, Sochi, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Saratov.
In Samara, an evening of solidarity was organized. Visitors were told about repressions against anarchists and about the basic rules of conspiracy. After that, the film “Sacco and Vanzetti” was shown, the story of these people clearly demonstrates all the inhumanity and uselesness of the state system and the methods that it has used, to this day, to suppress any protests.
In Moscow, an unauthorized march of anarchists against the lawlessness of the FSB also took place. Several dozen people blocked Myasnitskaya – one of the central streets adjacent to the Lubyanka, where the main FSB department is located. They passed along it with the banner “FSB is the main terrorist.”
Solidarity actions were also held in other countries. In Belarus, anarchists distributed leaflets informing about the persecution of Russian anarchists.
In Lutsk, Ukraine, there were also grafitti in solidarity with Russian anarchists.
Actions of solidarity took place in Warsaw, Gdansk (Poland) and Prague (Czech Republic).
In Prague, Czech Republic, a concert was held in support of repressed Russian anarchists. At the concert information was spread about repressions in Russia and money was raised for the Anarchist Black Cross, which provides assistance to political prisoners. Also fundraising was carried out in Estonia at concerts of musical groups Ognemöt, Adrestia and Prophets V in Tallinn and Tartu.
Also, an event to inform about repression in Russia and fund-raising was held in Budapest, Hungary.
In France, a solidarity dinner was held, the funds from which were directed to support the Russian anarchists.
Also, many solidarity events took place in the United States. So, in Minneapolis there was an evening of solidarity, in Brooklyn – a film show. Antifascist online store from Portland spread information about repression and raised money to support the repressed anarchists. In Kansas, a street demonstration was held in support of Russian anarchists. In New York, a picket took place at the Russian consulate. Also, representatives of the Revolutionary Abolitionist movement from New York expressed solidarity.
A solidarity action was held in Toronto, Canada. Anarchists held a picket on the most crowded square in the city, informing passers-by about repressions in Russia.
The week of solidarity was held in solidarity with Russian
anarchists, subjected to repression by the FSB. In the fall of 2017, the
FSB arrested six anarchists from Penza. The reason for the arrest was
that all the six played airsoft, which was regarded by the secret
services as a training for the overthrow of state power. Weapons were
implanted to the detainees, they were accused of organizing a terrorist
community. For months, the detainees were daily tortured and beaten
until they agreed to slander themselves. They were hung upside down,
beaten, tortured with electric shockers. In January 2018, several
anarchists were kidnapped in St. Petersburg. Two suspects and one
witness were seized, all of them were tortured. One of the detainees for
this purpose was taken to the forest near the city. Another detainee
was tortured for more than a day. Only officially the interrogation
lasted a day – from three o’clock in the morning until three o’clock in
the morning. Although one of the suspects and the witness made a
statement about the
torture, their statements were not checked by the state authorities.
The FSB is announcing plans for arrests on the fabricated case of a terrorist group of two dozen anarchists in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Penza and Belarus.
Also in the Crimea, special services detained a local anarchist and
social activist Yevgeny Karakashev. The reason for the detention is the
active participation of Yevegeny in the social struggle of the
inhabitants of the peninsula. On the day of the arrest, the Mayor of
Evpatoria met with protesters against point-building and made a hint
about possible
arrests. The reason for the arrest was Yevgeny’s correspondence in a group chat in social networks.
Immediately after the end of the week of actions in support of
Russian anarchists, repressions were continued in Moscow. On February
13, early in the morning, an anarchist Elena Gorban was arrested. In
violation of all norms, the lawyer was not admitted to Elena for several
hours until she agreed to admit guilt in the attack against the office
of the ruling Russian party, “United Russia”. On the same day, anarchist
Alexei
Kobaidze was detained and arrested for the same charge. The reason for
the arrests was an unauthorized demonstration in Moscow against the FSB
terror. Early in the morning, before the appearance of information in
the media and the Internet about the arrests of anarchists, the
pro-government telegram channels published a video of detention and a
message that anarchists taking part in the demonstration had been
detained in Moscow. The investigators who questioned Elena also asked
her about the demonstration although the detainees were charged with the
attack against United Russia, and not participation in the
demonstration.
After the arrest, actions of solidarity were continued in Russia. In Chelyabinsk, anarchists placed a banner near the FSB building and threw a smoke bomb to its territory. And in the suburbs of Moscow, a mobilising raid was held in solidarity with the repressed anarchists.
We are calling upon everybody to continue the solidarity campaign!
(translated from Naroborona.info, click link for more photos and videos)
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