Murder of Russian Anti-Fascist Condemned

dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | press release Saturday November 19, 2005 21:52 by Solidarity

The Irish Republican Socialist Youth Movement has sent solidarity messages to their Russian Anti-Fas comrades following the savage murder of one of its members.

Statement on murder of Russian Anti-Fascist

The Republican Socialist Youth Movement condemns unreservedly the savage murder of twenty year old Russian Anti-Fascist Timur Kacharava by Russian Nazis on the evening of November 13. Timur and a friend were standing in the street when they were set upon by a Nazi gang, Timur died after being stabbed multiple times in the neck. His friend survived the attack but is still in hospital, despite being stabbed five times.

Timur was active in the Russian punk community, playing lead guitarist for the band ‘Sandinista!’, he was active in the anarchist circles and was involved in active confrontation with Nazis on the streets as well as the Food Not Bombs project.

We call upon all Anti-Fascists and leftists both at home and abroad to maintain vigilance and to unite and organise in opposition to Fascism which ultimately must be smashed through a broad campaign headed by the working class.

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