Nazis Gun Down Russian Judge in Moscow

April 12, 2010

From Moscow News and Pravda

Russian Nazis gunned down Moscow judge Eduard Chuvashov as he was leaving his Moscow apartment this morning. Chuvashov had conducted a number of high-profile trials of Nazis and this murder appears to be a revenge killing. He worked for a special city court tasked with handling serious crimes, including hate crimes.

“Though we can’t say for sure, it’s not ruled out that these ultra-nationalists or fascist groups are trying to send a message to the authorities, because the authorities are now taking a harder line with these kinds of race killings,” says Tim Wall, editor-in-chief for the Moscow News newspaper.

I’ve seen reports here in Germany on the quickly growing problem of ultra-nationalism in Russia. Hate groups record themselves attacking and sometimes killing minorities and then post the videos on-line. They are heavily armed and very dangerous.