¡Amigas, Amigos, Compañeros, Compañeras!

Nosotras, las antifascistas y anarquistas de Nizhny Novgorod (Rusia), llamamos a todas las personas conscientes en el mundo. La policía política (el centro para el Combate del Extremismo, o centro "E") ha fabricado un caso criminal contra nuestros compañeros. El antifascismo ha sido ilegalizado en nuestra ciudad. ¡Necesitamos vuestro apoyo y solidaridad!

¿Cuáles son los cargos contra nuestros amigos y compañeras?

5 jóvenes, amigas nuestras, han sido acusadas de organizar una "comunidad extremista" bajo el exótico nombre de "Antifa-RASH." De acuerdo con nuestra analfabeta policía, este extraño acrónimo corresponde (en inglés) con "Red Anarchia Skinheads" [sic] y puede traducirse de su inglés macarrónico al castellano como "Anarquía roja de cabezas rapadas" (una combinación de todos los miedos de los obedientes ciudadanos). Artyom Bystrov, Albert Gainutdinov, Pavel Krivonosov, Dmitry Kolesov y Oleg Gambaruk son acusados de formar esta organización para asaltar a personas con ideas ultraderechistas y para incitar odio contra ellas y contra personas adineradas.Read more...

Friends and comrades!

We, the anti-fascists and anarchists of Nizhny Novgorod (Russia), appeal to concerned people around the world. The political police (the Center for Combating Extremism or Center “E”) have fabricated a criminal case against our comrades. Anti-fascism has been outlawed in our city. We need your solidarity and support!

What are the charges against our friends and comrades?

Five young men, our friends, have been charged with organizing an “extremist community” under the exotic name of “Antifa-RASH.” According to our illiterate police, this strange acronym stands (in English) for “Red anarhia skinheads” [sic] and should be translated from their broken English slang into Russian as “red anarchy of skinheads” (a combination of all the fears of ordinary law-abiding citizens.) Artyom Bystrov, Albert Gainutdinov, Pavel Krivonosov, Dmitry Kolesov and Oleg Gambaruk are alleged to have formed this organization in order to carry out assaults on people espousing ultra-rightwing views and to incite hatred against them and against wealthy people.Read more...

The next act of Russian history is about to begin: Putin and Medvedev will pop off-stage into the Moscow green room, switch costumes, and re-emerge to play each other’s roles. Putin as president, again, Medvedev as PM. It’s the apotheosis of what has become known as ‘managed democracy’, and the ultimate triumph of the show’s writer-director, Putin’s chief ideologue and grey cardinal, Vladislav Surkov, the ‘Kremlin demiurge’. Known also as the ‘puppetmaster who privatised the Russian political system’, Surkov is the real genius of the Putin era. Understand him and you understand not only contemporary Russia but a new type of power politics, a breed of authoritarianism far subtler than the 20th-century strains.Read more...

Well guys I had a very frustrating fight as you know. Trained really hard on getting in on the inside but didn’t carry out the game plan at all for some reason. So basically we ended up having a kickboxing match. That didn’t turn out so good…lol.

Ended up breaking my leg in the second round from the one kick I checked in the match. After the fight I had a choice of two hospitals. One for everyday folks and one for visitors and government officials. I picked the local everyday folk hospital as I was told it was closer to the arena. I’m obviously not a big fan of the medical industrial complex in the US as it is profit driven however, the experience at this hospital did make me appreciate the comfort of health care in this country. Upon arrival there were ER staff smoking in the lobby. The hallways were full of wandering patients that looked like they were just out of a civil war battle. I had to fight with one of the doctors to avoid having my skull x-rayed. Eventually I got an x-ray for my leg which showed it was broken (something I already knew) and had it casted. I got 16 stitches on the inside and outside of my lip with a material that could of passed for chicken wire. It was so sharp it was making my gums bleed so I took them out myself. Saying that, the doctors were very kind and despite the inadequate medical equipment/supplies they knew what they were doing.Read more...