Coordinator of Moscow "Defense" movement threatened
posted by zaina19 on January, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/30/2007 2:24 PM 23.1.2007 14:01 MSK Coordinator of Moscow "Defense" movement threatened RUSSIA, Moscow. On January 17, three unidentified men in civilian clothes attempted to enter the apartment of Moscow «Defense» coordinator "defense" Mikas Murashev. After presenting themselves as police, they demanded that Murashev's wife immediately open the door, without explaining why and threatening that if she refused "things could go badly".
Without having achieved their objective, the unidentified men ended their siege of Murashev's apartment.
The regional police told Murashev that they sent no one to his address, and recommended he not open the door. They suggested the men a the door might be from the UBOP (the organized crime unit), which actively opposes independent public organizations.
Not long before this, Mikas Murashev was called by someone who identified himself as Lieutenant Police Colonel Kostikov, who proposed they "meet encountered and have a talk", the subject of which is unknown. Since the policeman did not say what his agenda was, Murashev did not meet with him.
This is not the first case of pressure on family members of activists of oppositional organizations in Moscow, notes "Defense".
Recently, the leader of the National Democratic Union of Young People Julia Malysheva and a lawyer for the Russian People's Democratic Union were invited to Petrovka for the "friendly conversations". A month ago, Moscow police blockaded the apartment of the parents of Alex Shonev, Politsovet member of the National- Bolshevik Party, and editor of site NBP-Info, for several days.
Translated by OM Kenney PRIMA-News Agency [2007-01-18-Rus-18] http://www.prima-news.ru/eng/news/news/2007/1/23/37539.html
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