Russia 2024: Joint Raids by Police and Nationalists

News:

Anti-migrant raids continue in Russia, accompanied by manifestations of particular cruelty on the part of law enforcement officers and representatives of nationalist organizations, who are participating in these events for unknown reasons. The media have reported at least two such raids in the last few days.

One of the raids took place at the «Detsky Mir» warehouses in the city of Naro-Fominsk in the Moscow region. According to labor migrants, in addition to police officers and the Russian National Guard, representatives of the nationalist organization Russian Community also took part in the raid. During the events, hundreds of labor migrants from Central Asia were insulted and humiliated. "It was real mockery. They told us to stand up, sit down, stand up, sit down. And all these people had documents. And those who did not have documents were taken away by bus", - said a source for the Migrant Media project.

The police and security forces carried out their raid at a time when, according to our interlocutor, everyone was busy with their work. "They said it was an inspection. They made everyone leave their workplaces and gather in one place. For them, it made no difference whether you were a Russian or a migrant, they checked everyone's documents. And if a person was one of their own, a local, they let him go, and all the migrants were gathered together. There were people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, from the Russian Guard, OMON, "Russian Community", practically from all government agencies", "They entered at 10 o'clock, gathered people and kept them on the street until about four o'clock in the evening. Those who did not have documents were taken away. And they began to mock those who remained", - Eyewitnesses say.

Comment:

    It is noteworthy that the largest nationalist organization in Russia, the Russian Community, is beginning to gain more and more influence, clearly with state support. Observers link the organization to the Orthodox oligarch Konstantin Malofeev, who financed the DPR and LPR, as well as far-right groups that took part in armed actions in Ukraine.

Let us recall that a Russian Muslim and popular blogger Mansur Gneev was recently arrested on charges of inciting ethnic hatred, having entered into a public polemic with the head of the “Russian Community” Andrey Tkachuk, who called Muslims “Muslim scum”. “This is a real Russian march of the country’s patriots, who with God in their hearts and love for their country came out to pray for the victory of our army in the special operation and the protection of the country from the infidel scum”, - the nationalist said in September. Considering who ended up behind bars, it became clear which side of the conflict the Russian government ultimately took. Which, in principle, was not a surprise to anyone, because before him, a similar statement was made by Kirill Kabanov, a member of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation. “And so the circle is closed. It became clear that it was the multi-million migration of infidels and the radicalization of part of our society that led to the growth of halalization in the economy”, - he said.

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Muhammad Mansour