Action in defence of Khimki Forest and arrested antifascists

On August 7, 2010 a picket against an illegal arrest of antifascists Aleksey Gaskarov and Maksim Solopov, as well as against an illegal Khimki forest cutting in order to build a federal Moscow-St. Petersburg highway in its place, took place near the Griboyedov monument at Chistiye Prudi metro station in Moscow. Besides, participants expressed outrage against illegal persecution of Khimki forest defenders. Basic slogans of the picket were “Stop a bloody highway construction!”, “Freedom to Solopov and Gaskarov!”, “We have nothing to breathe – they cut the forest!”. About 200 people participated in the action organized by «January 19 Committee».

A representative of Bitsevsky Forest (named in honor of Dionis Georgis) defenders, a member of Khimki Forest Protection Movement and «Solidarity» Movement Simyon Zonzam also presented the picket. A poet Kirill Medvedev read the statement of «January 19 Committee» calling to stop «a bloody highway» construction and persecution of forest defenders and antifascists. Then, speaking on its behalf, he brought into focus that the main factors of the struggle for the arrested antifascists release and Khimki forest saving were unity and solidarity.

According to IKD reports, an hour after the action ended, three members of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) who had also participated in the picket were rudely beat by unidentified persons. One of victims said to an “IKD” correspondent that about 15 young men armed by baseball bits attacked them in a parkway. The injured were taken to Moscow hospitals. Two of them escaped with minor injuries (dissected eyebrows and head injuries) and currently they are already at home, while the third one whose jaw has been broken is still in hospital. The guy also noted that the attackers looked like right-wing football fans, so the victims don’t exclude that the attackers are the same people who beat eko-activists in the city of Khimki.


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Original (Russian): В Москве на Чистопрудном бульваре прошла акция в защиту Химкинского леса и арестованных антифашистов (http://www.antifa.ru/4752.html)
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