Antifascists Alexey Sutuga and Alexey Olesinov have already been in

the"Butyrka" prison in Moscow for more than half a year. Investigator Y.

Egorov, who is conducting the investigation, is expected to modify the

criminal case into a more serious one. The current criminal case was

instituted in April 2012 following section 213 part 2 of the Russian

Criminal Code (hooliganism motivated by political enmity, performed by

an organised group)

. Now it will be modified following section 30 part 2

and section 105 (these two sections together are called "murderous

assault") which presumes more serious responsibility/punishment.

Instead of 1 or 2 years the two antifascists could be sentenced to

between 7 and 8 years of prison.

This change of the punitive article is related to the arrest of a third

antifascist -- Alen Volikov. Alen Volikov was arrested on the 6th of

November 2012. According to the investigator, he also took part in the

fight in the Moscow club, “Vozdukh” in December 2011.

This private club had been rented for an antifascist music event. The

club's management, without an agreement from organisers, had hired

neo-nazis as a security. As a result, a fight took place between

security and

concert visitors.

Lawyers and friends of Alexey Sutuga believe the case is being modified

due to the fact that the "victim," Zakharenkov, is under aged, and he

was shot in the head directly during the fight which happened on

December 4th 2011.

Zakharenkov is a member of Ariicev's band, a young neo-nazi. Band

members have beaten and murdered non-russian people.

During the whole period of the investigation, potential witnesses and

relatives have experienced the pressure.

1. Policemen place pressure on those under investigation. On the 14th

of September 2012 FSB(Federal Security Service of Russia) officers

visited "Butyrka" prison. Their visit was not made in accordance to

procedural order; they launched threats against Alexey Sutuga, hinted at

the fact that it would be to their advantage if Alexey Sutuga would

remain in jail as long as possible. They have also said, that he is

going to be sued according to a punitive article, and that they would

prevent him from becoming a political prisoner.

2. On the 9th of October 2012 Alexey Sutuga's mother, Olga Nikolaevna

Sutuga, discovered that her internet wallet (Yandex-Wallet), used to

raise funds for a lawyer, had been cracked and all the money had been

stolen.

3. On the 10th of November 2012 at 1.00AM, a witness –for the defense,

Dmitry Avalishvily, along with Alina Kolosovskaya and 2 other people

were returning home from a concert. When they were approaching their

house, a man wearing a black jacket with his head covered with a hood

came out from behind a car. He started shooting at the guys. Eleven

shots were fired. When the shooting started, they ran helter-skelter,

which is why only Dmitry has been hit (in head). The pistol was a

non-lethal (traumatic) and Dmitry was far enough, so the wound was not

serious. None of the other guys were hit. The criminal obviously

expected only two guys and he got confused when

he saw four. He failed to focus on any single one particular which is

why they appeared to be "lucky." They informed the police, but it was

difficult to persuade the policemen to accept their complaint. Policemen

have told them,

that it is unlikely they will ever find the criminal, but have accepted

the complaint.

4. On the 29th of August 2012 Alina Kolosovskaya was accused of

participating in a fight with neo-nazis. A search was conducted at her

house. Afterwards Alina was taken to the police station and was

questioned for almost 24 hours. She was threatened with jail time.

5. Investigator Kochergin, who was conducting the investigation into

Alexey Sutuga's case, summoned Alexey's mother for a conversation.

During the conversation, he informed her that Alexey is a violent

extremist and he is going to stay in prison for 12 years.

6. Alexey Sutuga's wife, Olga, who lives in Kiev(Ukraine), has been

attacked by neo-nazis twice. Her photograph was published on a Web-site,

that is supposedly managed by the law-enforcement together with nazis.

The first attack happened during the action, where Olga was gathering

funds two pay for her husband's lawyer. The second happened when she

simply was in Kiev running personal errands, near a store where she was

buying clothes for her child.

Relatives and friends of antifascists believe the policemen to be using

nazis for their own interests.

As a result of modifying the case into more serious one, as well as the

appearance of a third accused suspect, the expenses of the relatives are

growing.

Money is required for:

1. Lawyer fees. Four lawyers are busy with this case now, about 100,000

Rubles (~ EURO 2,500) are being spent every month to pay them.

2. Carrying out extra examinations, each of them worth 15,000 – 25,000

Rubles (EURO 373-622). In the near future an expertise will be carried

out to prove that antifascists are being prosecuted for their political

convictions.

3. Each lawyer visit to the police station with a witness costs about

5,000 Rubles (~EURO 125). There are approximately 30 witnesses involved

in the case.

4. A witness check using a lie detector costs approximately 5,000

Rubles (~EURO 125). Only 8 people have passed it up till now. For the

cogency of the case, more witnesses are required to be checked using the

lie detector.

5. The main lawyer, working on the case, lives in St. Petersburg.

Relatives are paying for his trips to Moscow and back.

6. About 12,000 Rubles (~EURO 300) are spent for food for the jailed

every month.

Details on the arrested

Alexey Sutuga

Arrested on April 17th 2012. The preventive sentence has been prolonged

twice. The last time it was prolonged till December 18 2012. He was

arrested in connection with the incident in "Vozdukh" club. The

investigation is currently not being carried out due to alack of evidence.

A member of Autonomous Action since 2004, Alexey Sutuga first was

active in Irkutsk and later on in Moscow. He took part in almost all the

large campaigns organised by Autonomous Action during the last eight

years and supported the publishing of the "Avtonom" magazine. In 2007 he

participated in a protest camp against an uranium enrichment plant in

Angarsk, which was attacked by the gang of fascists. As a result of this

attack, antifascist Ilya Borodaenko was murdered. Several other people

were also severely injured, Alexey Sutuga among them.

Alexey Olesinov.

Arrested on February 12 2012 in connection with the incident in

"Vozdukh" club. The preventive sentence has been prolonged till December

18 2012. The investigation is currently not being carried out due to

alack of evidence. Has already been prosecuted previously. In November

2008, a public prosecutor requested a 5 year term against him according

to part 2 section 213 of Russian Penal Code ("hooliganism"). He received

a 1-year sentence then.

The arrest of Alexey Olesinov was done with several violations. His

imprisonment in a pre-trial detention centre was motivated by the claim

that "he was hiding himself from the investigation." Olesinov had no

opportunity to know that he was wanted. The investigation side has shown

in a fake document in court, according to which Olesinov undertook not

to leave the region, which he allegedly had signed in Moscow, although

he had been living in St. Petersburg three previous months. He has been

a participant in the antifascist movement since the early 2000's.

During his imprisonment, Olesinov become seriously sick. He has a

severe chronic cough, problems with blood pressure and his heart. The

prison administration denied him from having a medical check-up.

His lawyer has filed a lawsuit. According to the lawyer his condition

is deteriorating.

Alen Volikov

Detained in November 2012 on suspicion of involvement in the incident

in "Vozdukh" club, and of beating a neo-nazi. On the 8th of November

2012, after the court had decided to imprison him till the 18th of

December 2012, he started a hunger-strike. Alen was wanted since the

beginning of the investigation into the incident at the "Vozdukh" club.

In November 2012 policemen founded him.

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