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Russia: anarchists and antifascists murdered in Samara (RF)

On 9 February at 6.30 clock in the morning in Samara in the region of
the Physics Institute, PN Lebedeva, Russian Academy of Sciences
("PIAW"), a young man was found dead. At 8:00 the police arrived at the
place. At 11:00 clock the mother of the deceased, was informed. This is
Nikita Kalin, a 20-year-old activist and member of the meeting "for fair
elections". Traces indicate a violent death. According to his mother
Elena Kalina, the body showedmultiple of stab injuries, multiple rib
fractures and head injuries. Currently a suspect is arrested. He is
suspected of being involved in the murder, his clothing was found with
blood of the victim.
Nikita's personal Items were left untouched, robbery-murder is not
considered. According to the type and number of violations of the
attack, it was perpetrated by a group of people, so the newspaper
"Izvestia". However, the suspect, born in 1989,  deny to name
accomplices, and denies any involvement in the murder.

"The murder occurred on February 9. On the body of Kalin, six stab
wounds found. At the moment the suspects is arrested for murder. we have
no evidence that a crime has taken place only for nationalistic motives,
the major version - Murder by domestic violence, " said the pressofficer
Helen Shkaevu by Interfax (http://www.interfax.ru/news.asp?id=231802).

But, according to Elena Kalina, a policeman said in an informal
conversation that the suspect involved in a local neo-Nazi group.
According to the mother, the reason for the assassination could have
been her son's active civil  attitude. Nikita has never hidden his
anti-fascist and anarchist views. Nikita's mother and friends are
concerned that the matter could be "hushed up".

At the moment we need your help in spreading the information! You can
support the family of Nikita and material.

Also, an initiative group V-contacts (http://vk.com/club35650789) exist,
whose members are engaged in the collection of funds and information on
the case.

Press:
http://avtonom.org/news/v-samare-ubit-anarkhist-antifashist-druzya-i-semya-nuzhdayutsya-pomoshchi
http://www.antifa.ru/6976.html

Posted in english language, ex-soviet region.