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.