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| In his articles, Stomakhin claimed that modern Russia is ] and therefore must be destroyed, called Russians a "nation of occupiers" |
In his articles, Stomakhin claimed that modern Russia is ] and therefore must be destroyed, called Russians a "nation of occupiers" and compared President ] to ] and ]. <ref name="hrh"> </ref> Stomakhin considered ] and ] as heroes of Chechen ] and claimed that some terrorist acts commited by them are legitimate <ref name="sent"> </ref> Stomakinh argued that military resistance is neccessary because Russians are conducting ] of ]. When last elected president of ] ] was killed by ] forces, Stomakhin stated that all Russians are collectively responsible for such actions and therefore they must be collectively "punished", e.g. killed according to Stomakhin. The latter claim was considered by some oppostion activists as a ridiculous empty threat <ref name="Opinions"/>. | ||
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Boris Vladimirovich Stomakhin (Russian: Борис Владимирович Стомахин), (born August 24, 1974, Moscow), is a Russian radical politician, former editor of Samizdat periodicals, and opposition figure.
Journalism
Boris Stomakhin was an editor of monthly newspaper "Radikalnaya Politika" since 2000. Besides, he contributed numerous materials to Kavkaz Center, the Islamic internet agency that promotes independence of Chechnya and is maintained by Chechen rebels. He also issued a number of other Samizdat periodicals.
Political views
In his articles, Stomakhin claimed that modern Russia is Evil empire and therefore must be destroyed, called Russians a "nation of occupiers" and compared President Vladimir Putin to Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic. Stomakhin considered Shamil Basaev and Salman Raduev as heroes of Chechen resistance movement and claimed that some terrorist acts commited by them are legitimate Stomakinh argued that military resistance is neccessary because Russians are conducting genocide of Chechen people. When last elected president of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Aslan Maskhadov was killed by FSB forces, Stomakhin stated that all Russians are collectively responsible for such actions and therefore they must be collectively "punished", e.g. killed according to Stomakhin. The latter claim was considered by some oppostion activists as a ridiculous empty threat .
Political career
Stomakhin organized numerous demonstrations against Russian government policy in Chechnya and criticized Russian government. He also was a leader of extremist political group "Revolutionary Contact Association" (RCA). Other members of this organization are Pavel Kantor, Dmitry Tarasov, Ludmila Evstifeeva, and Pavel Luzakov.
Stomakhin was accused of hate speech and inciting ethnic hatred in his articles, which covered among other things, the Chechen conflict, the Russian Orthodox Church, and Russian nation. A case against him was opened in December 2003. His home was raided in April 2004 and his computers and books were arrested for the expertise. Stomakhin was interrogated. It was reported by Human Rights House that prosecutors planned to declare him mentally ill and send him for involuntary treatment to Moscow Serbsky Institute where Pyotr Grigorenko and Viktor Nekipelov were treated in the past. Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia had conducted an independent unofficial expertise . Ordered official Psychiatric expertise at Moscow Serbsky Institute found that Stomakhin is competent for the trial. Stomakhin escaped to the Ukraine seeking political asylum status, which was eventually denied.
Arrest and Trial
Having returned to Moscow, Stomakhin was arrested on March 21 2006. Stomakhin tried to escape again during his arrest and fell down from the fourth floor of his building. His spine and bones were broken.
He was sentenced to five years of prison for igniting religious and ethnic hatred, promoting violent change of constitutional regime, calls for violation of terriorial integrity of Russian Federation, defamatory statements, and extremist activities (article 282 of the Russian Criminal Code), according to the official court sentence.
Opposition figures like human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina and politician Valeria Novodvorskaya argued that Stomakhin has only exercised his right of free speech and did nothing violent, and therefore this is a censorship case where the writer is only a peaceful political dissident . Opposition journalist Vladimir Abarinov noted that Stomakhin has been convicted for publishing an article against Russian Orthodox Church that was actually written by a different person, which is not supported by the official court statement. On trial no one disputed the authorship of the articles written by Stomakhin .
Critics of the court decision were censured by Russian publicist Maxim Sokolov. In his newspaper article published after the conviction of Stomakhin he argued that unlimited free speech must be prosecuted according to the article 282 of the criminal code. He cited Stomakhin's article Death to Russia published on the website of the Revolutionary Contact Association . The article was written in response to murder of last elected president of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Aslan Maskhadov by Russian forces.
The article contained the following passages: "Kill, Kill, Kill! To flood all Russia with blood, to not give a quarter to anyone, to try to make at least one atomic explosion on the territory of Russian Federation -- this is like the program of radical Resistance should be, and Russian's, and Chechen's, and anyone's! Let the Russians, according to their deserts, reap as they has sown" According to Sokolov the cited passages made application of the article 282 completely appropriate, although the court sentence did not cite this article as a reason of Stomakhin conviction.
References
- ^ Independent journalist given five-year sentence allegedly for inciting ethnic strife
- Official Court Sentence on Russian language dated 20.11.2006
- ^ Conviction of Boris Stomakhin: Opinions (Russian) - by Anna Karpuk for grani.ru
- Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia
- Scapegoats - by Valeria Novodvorskaya for grani.ru
- Second-hand fascism - by Valeria Novodvorskaya for grani.ru
- Stomakhin Case - by Vladimir Abarinov for grani.ru.
- Official Court Sentence on Russian language dated 20.11.2006
- ^ Maxim Sokolov Catch-282 Izvestia 23 November 2006
- Boris Stomakhin Death to Russia Internet site rko.marsho.net
External links
- Official Court Sentence on Russian language dated 20.11.2006
- Conviction
- Maksim Sokolov opinion
- Articles by Boris Stomakhin
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