Combat Terrorist Organization

Combat Terrorist Organization
FounderDmitry Borovikov
Alexey Voyevodin
Founding locationSaint Petersburg
Years active2003–2006
TerritorySaint Petersburg and Lenoblast, Russian Federation
EthnicityRussians
MembershipAround 13
Leader(s)D.A.Borovikov, A.M. Voyevodin
Activitieshate crime, murder, robbery, terrorism
Notable membersD.A. Borovikov

The Combat Terrorist Organization (Russian: Боевая террористическая организация) was a short-lived Russian neo-Nazi gang active from 9 August 2003 to 2006. It was formed in Saint Petersburg by two members of the Mad Crowd [ru] skinhead group, namely, Dmitry Borovikov and Alexey Voyevodin.

The gang used exceptional secrecy to hide their activities. In contrast to other neo-fascist groups, there were no skinheads among its members. The group also used exclusively confidential mobile phones to communicate. Authorities also discovered that they met very rarely in the open and avoided talking about ideology or tactics near power sockets, preferring to write their words on paper.

On June 14, 2011, the trial of eight members of the group began, with member Pavel Rumyantsev tried separately.

Ideology

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The gang's main symbol was the swastika. By means of murder and terrorism, Dmitry Borovikov waged a campaign "to clear" St. Petersburg ("Nevograd") of non-white races such as Black, Armenoid, and Asians, who "fuck Russian women" and "by that profane race, give birth to bastards." His dream was allegedly to overthrow "the Jewish Russian Federation" and turn it into a monoethnic "Nordic Russia." The group sharply criticised Christianity while promoting neo-pagan ideology as an alternative. The group also introduced a propaganda that focused on the value of a healthy lifestyle and refusal of alcohol and drugs. Most members of the group were convinced hardline straight edgers. The group issued fanzines with titles such as Kill or To Be Killed, Straight Edge - Шторм Чистой Крови, Гнев Перуна, Smell of Hatred.

Weapons

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The main weapons used by the gang were knives, crossbows, and guns, such as rifles (including Mosin rifles) and pump-action shotguns

Voyevodin, one of the gang's leaders, inherited two apartments when his mother and grandmother died. He sold one and used the money to buy a car, 4 Saiga carbines, and radio sets to listen to police radio.

Attacks

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  • Armenian citizens Makvela Elamiryana and Liana Tumanyan on August 9, 2003, at the Nikolskoye settlement.
  • Nigerian citizen Omordion Lavrense on October 2, 2003, at Tankista Khrustitskogo Street.
  • A citizen from Georgia at Bolshaya Monetnaya Street and a Pakistani citizen on Leo Tolstoy Street on November 11, 2003.

Murders

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Date Place Name and age Citizenship Notes
9 November 2003 Kollontay Street S. V. Bulantsov  Russia Stabbed to death
14 December 2003 18 Marat Street Kim Hyun-ik  North Korea Killed with cold weapon and scraps of pipes. Group members stole more than 300,000 rubles from the victim
9 February 2004 Boytsova Lane Hursheda Sultonova (8)  Tajikistan Stabbed to death
7 June 2004 Zakhodskoye settlement Rostislav Gofman (19) and Alexey Golovchenko (19)  Russia Killed with knives and an arbalest, a type of crossbow.
19 June 2004 Victim's apartment Nikolai Girenko[1] (63)  Russia Shot through a door [2]
7 April 2006 Gorokhovaya Street Samba Lampsar (28)  Cameroon Shot in the neck by a pump-action shotgun

Sentences

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No. Name Charge Sentence
1 Dmitry Borovikov Murder, incitement to hatred, public calls for extremist activity, brigandage, banditry, robbery, terrorism Encounter killing
2 Alexey Voyevodin Murder, brigandage, terrorism, incitement to hatred, banditry, public calls for extremist activity Life imprisonment
3 Pavel Gusev Murder Justified
4 Alexey Kostrachenkov Murder 18 years
5 Andrey Kostrachenkov Murder 899 years
6 Andrey Malyugin Murder Justified. Subsequently, he was detained
7 Roman Orlov Murder 11 years 6 months
8 Artyom Prokhorenko Robbery, murder, incitement to hatred, public calls for extremist activity Life imprisonment
9 Pavel Rumyantsev Murder, incitement to hatred Compulsory psychiatric treatment
10 Denis Kharchev Murder 7 years 2 months (the term is reduced)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2 Russian neo-Nazi leaders get life in jail". Associated Press. 14 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Nikolai Girenko - HRD Memorial".