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Interfax, Russia
Dec 30 2013
Four nationalists sentenced in Samara for killing Armenian taxi driver
SAMARA. Dec 30
The Samara regional court has returned a guilty verdict to four
Togliatti residents accused of murdering a taxi driver over ethnic
reasons, spokesperson of the Russian Investigative Committee's
Investigative Department for the Samara region Yelena Shkayeva told
Interfax.
"The convicted men, one 21 and three 17 year olds, were part of the
Russia for Russians informal group, established by Dmitry Tishakov.
Throughout its existence the group changed its name from the SS
Monolith to the Russian National Socialist Battle Group. Its leaders
urged participants during the organization meetings to kill non
Russians allegedly for the purpose of cleaning city streets," Shkayeva
said.
According to the spokesperson, in July 2012 the young men, who were
part of this informal group, noted an Armenian taxi driver on the
street and asked him to drive them to a remote Togliatti district.
"When the young men reached their final destination, they drew the
driver out of the car and started to beat him, inflicting stab wounds
among other things. Despite the injuries sustained, the man tried to
run away but the attackers left him only after they were certain of
his death," Shkayeva said.
Following the murder, an attacker took a gold chain and a bracelet
from the victim and attempted to steal the car, however he failed due
to lack of driving skills, the spokesperson said.
Depending on their role the defendants were found guilty under the
following articles: murder committed by a group of people over ethnic
hatred or enmity, theft accompanied by inflicting considerable damage
to a citizen and attempt to gain illegal possession of a vehicle.
Tishakov has been sentenced to 14 years in a maximum security colony
with one-year restrictions. The three underage accomplices have been
sentenced to between five to six years and six months in a juvenile
correctional facility.
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Dec 30 2013
Four nationalists sentenced in Samara for killing Armenian taxi driver
SAMARA. Dec 30
The Samara regional court has returned a guilty verdict to four
Togliatti residents accused of murdering a taxi driver over ethnic
reasons, spokesperson of the Russian Investigative Committee's
Investigative Department for the Samara region Yelena Shkayeva told
Interfax.
"The convicted men, one 21 and three 17 year olds, were part of the
Russia for Russians informal group, established by Dmitry Tishakov.
Throughout its existence the group changed its name from the SS
Monolith to the Russian National Socialist Battle Group. Its leaders
urged participants during the organization meetings to kill non
Russians allegedly for the purpose of cleaning city streets," Shkayeva
said.
According to the spokesperson, in July 2012 the young men, who were
part of this informal group, noted an Armenian taxi driver on the
street and asked him to drive them to a remote Togliatti district.
"When the young men reached their final destination, they drew the
driver out of the car and started to beat him, inflicting stab wounds
among other things. Despite the injuries sustained, the man tried to
run away but the attackers left him only after they were certain of
his death," Shkayeva said.
Following the murder, an attacker took a gold chain and a bracelet
from the victim and attempted to steal the car, however he failed due
to lack of driving skills, the spokesperson said.
Depending on their role the defendants were found guilty under the
following articles: murder committed by a group of people over ethnic
hatred or enmity, theft accompanied by inflicting considerable damage
to a citizen and attempt to gain illegal possession of a vehicle.
Tishakov has been sentenced to 14 years in a maximum security colony
with one-year restrictions. The three underage accomplices have been
sentenced to between five to six years and six months in a juvenile
correctional facility.
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