Murder of Yuriy Chervochkin

Yuriy Mikhailovich Chervochkin (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Червочкин; 31 December 1984 – 10 December 2007) was a Russian opposition activist. He was murdered at the age of 22. His case shook Russian opposition because he was attacked two days before Dissenters' March and some observers remained convinced that perpetrators of the crime were members of Russian Militsiya.

Yuriy Chervochkin
Born
Юрий Червочкин

(1984-12-31)31 December 1984
Serpukhov, Moscow Oblast, USSR
Died11 December 2007(2007-12-11) (aged 22)
Serpukhov, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Cause of deathbeating
NationalityRussian
Occupationstudent
Known forVictim of a murder
Political partyNational Bolshevik Party
Parent(s)Nadezhda Chervochkina (mother)

Oppositional activities

In 2006, Chervochkin founded a branch of the National Bolshevik Party in Serpukhov. On 2 October 2006 Chervochkin had been part of a group of 50 national-bolsheviks detained while trying to pass the State Duma in Moscow.[1] On 11 March 2007 Chervochkin had participated in direct action in a polling station in Odintsovo to protest against election rigging. Chervochkin was arrested during the action and was placed under arrest for a month.[2][3] On 11 June 2007 he was beaten by the militsiya and arrested for 5 days.[4][5] Chevochkin was repeatedly detained during the Dissenters' Marches.

Murder

22 November 2007 Chervochkin called a journalist hours before his attack and claimed he was being chased by the militsiya (UBOP), who had repeatedly detained and interrogated him earlier.[6][7][8] According to some sources, he reported the same to his bride to be (the leader of National Bolsheviks of Tula Anna Ploskonosova), accusing an officer of militsiya, Alexey Okopny, of being behind it.[9] In the evening he was beaten on the head with a baseball bat.[10] Diagnosis explained an open brain injury and a fracture of the skull base. Chervochkin fell into coma. On 11 December 2007 Yuri Chervochkin died in hospital.[11]

Investigation

The perpetrators of the crime have never been found. Two investigations, carried out by the local prosecutor's office, stalled and finally ended, due to lack of evidence.[12][13][14][15][16]

Reactions

Garry Kasparov and Eduard Limonov participated in his funeral.[17][18][19]

On 19 December 2007 Belarusian activists picketed the Russian Embassy in memory of Yuriy Chervochkin.[20] On 17 January 2008 Russian opposition groups Oborona, NBP, RNDS, AKM protested in Moscow against the murder of Yuriy Chervochkin.[21][22]

Opposition and Chervochkin's family version

Chervochkin's family, friends and political comrades remained convinced that Chervochkin was the victim of Russian Militsiya.[23][24][25][26] Some of observers believed that the attack may have been motivated by his political activism.[27][28] Direct responsible for murder they call Department of fight against extremism of Office of fight against organized crime (UBOP) of the Moscow region and personally the chief of this department Alexey Okopny. According to them, Okopny repeatedly detained also interrogated Chervochkin; also shortly before murder Chervochkin reported that Okopny by phone threatened to break to it the head.[29][30][31]

On 18 October 2012 Okopny brought an action against one of party leaders «Other Russia» (the former National Bolshevik Party) Sergei Aksenov and civil activist Pavel Shechtman, demanding a denial of statements about his participation in murder.[9] December 6, 2012 the court sentenced Aksenov and Schechtman to a fine (in 40 and 50 thousand roubles), but did not require them to publish a refutation of charges[32][33] A few days later, Pavel Shechtman published the article "The Story of a Murder", in which Okopny newly is accused of involvement in the murder, based this time on the materials of the judicial process.[34]

See also

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