Primorsky Partisans

The Primorsky Partisans or the Primorsky Guerrillas (Russian: Приморские партизаны) - were a self-declared "guerrilla group" consisting of six young men in Primorsky Krai in Russia. They were active from February-June 2010. The group's actions included raiding a village police station and stabbing to death the officer on duty in addition to shooting attacks on roads against traffic policemen.

Members

Aleksandr Kovtun (Russian: Александр Ковтун) leader of the group
Aleksandr Sladkikh (Russian: Александр Сладких, September 18 1989 - June 11 2010)
Andrei Sukhorada (Russian: Андрей Сухорада, July 25 1987 - June 11 2010), former member of National Bolshevik Party^[1]. On March 3, 2004, Sukhorada was arrested when police raided a group of National Bolsheviks who were staging an occupation of the United Russia Party HQ in Moscow^[2]^[3]
Vladimir Ilyutikov (Russian: Владимир Илютиков)
Roman Savchenko (Russian: Роман Савченко)
Maksim Kirilov (Russian: Максим Кириллов)

Motivation

On October 9, 2010, a 13-minute video entitled “The Last Interview of the Primorsky Krai Guerrillas” was released on YouTube. In the video the partizans of the group declared a guerrilla war against corruption and Russian Militsiya.^[4]^[5] The video was removed from the Youtube server several times due to complaints.

Reaction

A poll of listeners to the Echo of Moscow radio station indicated that 60-75 percent of listeners sympathised with the Primorsky partisans and would offer them help.^[6]^[7]

References

External links

[1] Один из приморских партизан был нацболом

[2] Андрей Сухорада

[3] Захват общественной приемной партии "Единая Россия"

[4] Последнее видеообращение «приморских партизан» появилось в интернете

[5] Russia: New Video from Primorsky Krai Guerrillas

[6] The Primorsky Partisans

[7] Если члены "приморской группы" обратятся к Вам за помощью, поможете ли Вы?

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]