Ultranationalists attack migrants in St. Petersburg

Several videos of ultra-right attacks on migrants have appeared online.

There are several videos of attacks on couriers circulating online. Presumably, ultra-right activists staged a sort of action, attacking migrants and filming their actions. According to the police, in St. Petersburg, ultra-right nationalists attacked migrants, primarily couriers.

The police are searching for the attackers and other victims of their actions.

According to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, one of the victims filed a report with the police in the Frunzensky District.

Also, during monitoring of the internet, police identified video material that recorded an attack on couriers.

The police of the Frunzensky District of St. Petersburg have initiated a criminal case under part 1 of article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism).
Measures are being taken to search for the attackers, and the identities of the couriers who suffered at the hands of the hooligans are being established, the statement says.

In one of the videos published a week earlier on one of the ultra-right Telegram channels, a person in a balaclava can be seen spraying pepper spray towards a courier and delivering blows. One of the delivery workers is in a yellow uniform, the other in pink, both on wheels. This occurred on Turku Street, near houses 9, building 3, and 11, building 11.

One of the victims, a 26-year-old man, reported that he was making a delivery when he heard footsteps behind him. He stopped his bicycle, and at that moment, an unknown person sprayed him in the eyes with pepper spray. According to him, both had their faces covered.
Over the past year, especially after the incident at “Krokus City Hall,” labor migrants in Russia have been complaining about unprecedented pressure from law enforcement and a rise in anti-immigrant sentiments among the population.