Block FACT (Russian: Блок «Фаланга антикоммунистического тарана», lit. 'Block "Phalanx of Anti-Communist Ram"') is part of a Russian far-right group, operating in St. Petersburg and established in the autumn of 2010.
| Founded | Autumn 2010 |
|---|---|
| Founding location | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Territory | Russia, Ukraine |
| Ethnicity | Ukrainians (core), Russians, Jews and Caucasians[1] |
| Activities | Assaults, battery, arsons, vandalism |
Publicity edit
The public statements from Block FACT often represent hard anti-communism. The organization's criteria for labeling a group as communist are quite broad. For example, the regimes of Muammar Gaddafi, Bashar Assad, and even the Kingdom of Bahrain were labeled as "communist" by Block FACT.[2]
Activities edit
Block FACT claimed responsibility for the beating of St. Petersburg Stalinist historian Igor Pykhalov,[3] setting fire to a Communist Party car (September 2011),[4] and assaulting magistrate Alexei Kuznetsov (April 2013).[5] Block FACT claimed responsibility for beating Communist Party secretary Alexey Rusakov (August 2012),[6] burning a Communist Party car (February 2012),[7] desecrating and destroying a series of Soviet memorials (plaques of Lenin, Uritsky, Romanov, Trefolev and Voytik), and attacking several activists of Communist organizations.[1]
Some commentators characterized the actions of Block FACT as a relaxed variant of European neo-fascist terrorism of the 1970s.[8] It is assumed that the activists of Block FACT attacked a former Duma deputy, Viktor Tyulkin. The leader of the St. Petersburg communist organizations, Tyulkin, was beaten on 4 October 2013, after a communist demonstration commemorating the 20th anniversary of the events of October 1993. One of the attackers congratulated Tyulkin with "happy holidays".[9]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Godovikov, Nikolay (22 April 2013). "Питерские бандеровцы против судьи Кузнецова" [St. Petersburg Banderovtsy against Judge Kuznetsov]. Nasha Versiya na Neve. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Призраку коммунизма опять накостыляли Archived 2013-06-26 at archive.today
- ^ "В нападении на историка Игоря Пыхалова призналась организация «Блок Факт»". Komsomolskaya Pravda. 2010. Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
- ^ Сегодня ночью подожгли автомобиль городского комитета КПРФ, burning down the official St. Petersburg`s branch site of the Russian Federation Communist Party, 11.09.2011
- ^ Самосуд над судьей Archived October 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Novaya gazeta, 14.04.2013
- ^ О нападении на секретаря ленинградского обкома РКРП-КПСС Алексея Русакова, Krasnoye TV, 09.08.2012
- ^ Коммунистов не запугать, the official site of St. Petersburg`s branch of the Russian Federation Communist Party, 09.02.2012
- ^ Кулак белой ленты Archived 2013-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, Website of the Perm Civic Chamber, июнь 2013
- ^ На лидера партии «Рот Фронт» мог напасть «Блок ФАКТ», Без формата.RU, 07.10.2013