Warnings of retribution as Russia moves to outlaw far-right group

[hedgetrimmer]

Source: scotsman

Published Date: 29 April 2010
By Mansur Mirovalev

RUSSIA has moved to outlaw the largest of the country's far-right movements, in an effort to stem a rising tide of racist killings and other illegal acts by such groups, one of which is believed to have murdered a judge in the Russian capital this month.

Slavic Union, whose Russian acronym SS intentionally mimics that used by the Nazis' infamous military arm, was yesterday formally declared an "extremist" movement.

The group's leader said it had tried to promote its far-right agenda legally, and warned that the ban would enrage and embolden Russia's most radical ultra-nationalists.

"They will burn cars, blow up power stations, kill officials and commit other resonant crimes," Dmitry Demushkin said. "All this will be the result of stupid government policies to eliminate legal nationalism."

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Outlawing the far right? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm......?

[glinda]

1. Yeah and I worry if the Repubs gain power they will subject us to AZ type laws.

I am not kidding!
:hide: :hide: :hide:

[No Elephants]

2. Mixed feelings about outlawing a political ideology. But the extreme right is a global plague.

I don't get how outlawing a political ideology stops racist murders.

Murder is already against the law and that isn't stopping the racist murders.

[rpannier]

3. The SS should watch themselves

The Russian Government is about as ruthless as it comes.
Dmitry Demushkin and his family will find themselves relegated to the history as Mussolini
With people saying "Remember that right wing lunatic the Russian government executed and hanged his body and the bodies of his family in a garage?"

[ck4829]

4. Kind of weird that a Slavic group would worship Hitler and Naziism

Seeing as how the Nazi ideology referred to them as subhuman and advocated their genocide.

Just plain stupid, really.

[Soylent Brice]

5. beat me to it..

very perplexing.

[teknomanzer]

7. Right winger extremists are not well known for their intelligence. n/t

[lunatica]

6. Don't these extremists outlaw themselves by breaking the laws?

When you conduct racist killings and other illegal acts including murder of officials aren't you already a criminal group? So this will make them worse than they already are?

The criminal mind is amazing isn't it?

[MadMaddie]

8. So this far right group is threatening "Terrorism"

the Russians don't play with terrorist, they crush them. The same as the U.S should.