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Viewing cable 07MOSCOW3602, ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS ATTACKED

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07MOSCOW3602 2007-07-23 15:44 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Moscow
VZCZCXRO0068
PP RUEHDBU RUEHLN RUEHPOD RUEHVK RUEHYG
DE RUEHMO #3602/01 2041544
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 231544Z JUL 07
FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2311
INFO RUCNCIS/CIS COLLECTIVE
RUEHXD/MOSCOW POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
RUEHLN/AMCONSUL ST PETERSBURG 4322
RUEHVK/AMCONSUL VLADIVOSTOK 2272
RUEHYG/AMCONSUL YEKATERINBURG 2587
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MOSCOW 003602 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PINR RS
SUBJECT: ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS ATTACKED 
 
 
MOSCOW 00003602  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1. (SBU) Summary: On July 21, a group of fifteen thugs 
attacked the campsite of environmental activists in Angarsk, 
near Lake Baikal, killing one and wounding several others. 
The regional Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) has 
identified 13 suspects, and arrested at least two.  The 
motives behind the attack are not clear at this point.  End 
summary. 
 
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Pre-Dawn Attack 
--------------- 
 
2. (U) On July 15, approximately twenty-two environmental 
activists established a camp near Angarsk, near Lake Baikal, 
to protest the establishment of an international uranium 
enrichment center.  Local police reportedly visited the site 
on July 20 while investigating graffiti from Antifa, an 
anti-fascist organization whose members were participating in 
the protest camp.  Since the police had no search warrants, 
the members of the camp reportedly refused to present their 
documents or allow the their belongings to be examined. 
 
3. (U) Several hours later, a group of approximately fifteen 
masked thugs, armed with clubs and iron rods, arrived and 
beat the protesters, killing 26 year-old Ilya Bondarenko, and 
wounding several others.  Igor Kozlov, a spokesman for the 
protesters, told us July 23 that the attackers had shouted 
nationalist and anti-Antifa slogans during the attack. 
Approximately thirty minutes later, police and an ambulance 
arrived.  Bondarenko died in the hospital of a spinal cord 
and head injuries.  Two other activists underwent operations 
and remain hospitalized in serious condition. 
 
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The Investigation 
----------------- 
 
4. (U) Kozlov told us that the police took almost all of the 
campers' possessions as evidence, including their tents and 
clothes. He claimed that the police were downplaying the 
nationalist character of the attackers and had not summoned 
any of the activists to the local MVD headquarters to 
identify those arrested. The police are investigating the 
attack under Article 111 of the Russian Criminal Code 
(causing grievous bodily harm resulting in death) and Article 
213 (hooliganism).  These charges carry maximum sentences of 
fifteen and seven years, respectively.  Valeriy Gribakin, the 
Irkutsk MVD Public Affairs Chief, reportedly said that 
"neither those arrested, nor the others identified have 
anything to do with (extremist) organizations." The acting 
chief of the MVD in Irkutsk oblast told journalists that, "It 
is the mass beating of citizens that is important for us, not 
the organizations of the attackers and victims." 
 
5. (U) Rosatom, the target of the environmentalists' 
protests, issued a statement condemning the attack, which 
read in part: "We are shocked with what happened and express 
condolences to the family of the activist who was killed... 
Rosatom hopes that law enforcement agencies will act quickly 
to solve this crime." 
 
6. (U) Aleksandr Petrov of Human Rights Watch speculated to 
us July 23 that the attack was possibly motivated neither by 
neo-fascist sentiments nor the nuclear issue, but by 
hostility of the local police towards the demonstrators, 
following their unsuccessful attempt to search the camp 
premises.  "The fact that the police have so quickly and 
unequivocally denied that these thugs had any nationalist or 
fascist ties suggests that they are either not serious about 
investigating this, or that they really do know because they 
have long-standing ties with the attackers."  Petrov admitted 
that he had no evidence to support his suggestion that the 
police and the attackers may have collaborated. 
 
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Comment 
------- 
 
7. (SBU) It is too early in the investigation to know who may 
have been behind the attack or, indeed, exactly what 
happened.  Local environmental groups have rejected 
suggestions of some in law enforcement that robbery was the 
motive, while the police have been equally adamant that the 
perpetrators were not linked to right-wing groups.  A 
demonstration in Angarsk, scheduled for the evening of July 
23, was designed, according to Kozlov, both to mourn the loss 
of Bondarenko and keep the media's attention focused on local 
law enforcement's handling of the case. 
 
MOSCOW 00003602  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
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