2006 Moscow market bombing

2006 racist and nationalist terrorist attack in Moscow, RussiaMay 2026 2006 Moscow market bombing Cherkizon3.jpg Cherkizovsky Market in 2008 Russia Moscow Ring Road#European Russia#Russia 250 Cherkizovsky Market center #FFFFDD 55 48 00 N 37 45 09 E Izmaylovo District, Moscow, Russia 55 48 00 N 37 45 09 E region:RU-MOW_type:event_scale:50000 inline,title Market frequented by immigrants 21 August 2006 Time bombing, right-wing terrorism 13 47 The Saviour Improvised ammonal bomb On 21 August 2006, a bombing took place at Cherkizovsky Market in Moscow, Russia. Thirteen people were killed and 52 were injured.ru Газета.Ru - Число жертв взрыва на Черкизовском рынке достигло 13 https://web.archive.org/web/20180711202101/http://www.gazeta.ru/2006/10/03/last218539.shtml 2018-07-11 In 2008, eight members of the Neo-nazi organization The Saviour (Спас) were sentenced for their roles in the attack.Russian court jails market bombers https://web.archive.org/web/20080519112850/http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8CE01B4F-F6C4-4769-9CF0-1CE5C47ADDF0.htm 2008-05-19 Al Jazeera. 15 May 2008. Many traders at the market were from Asia and the Caucasus.Market Blast Kills 10 and Injures 55 As of 3 October 2006, 13 persons were confirmed dead: six citizens of Tajikistan, three citizens of Uzbekistan, two citizens of Russia, a citizen of Belarus, and a citizen of China. Eight people died at the scene, two in the hospital on the same day as the bombing, and three at a later date. The last person to die from the bombing was a man who was a citizen of Tajikistan, who died on 28 September 2006, in a hospital. Perpetrators and prosecutions Two ethnic Russian suspects were arrested, and the general prosecutor of Moscow Yuri Syomin charged them with a racially motivated murder.https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/22/AR2006082200756.html The Washington Post Maria Danilova 2 Accused of Hate Crime in Moscow Blast August 22, 2006https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5274488.stm BBC News Moscow attack 'may be race hate' August 22, 2006 The prosecutor's office officially indicted three university students, Oleg Kostyrev, Ilya Tikhomirov (both 20 years old) and Valeri Zhukovtsev (18 years old) on a racially motivated murder charge on 22 August.ru Prosecutor's office solved the anti-terrorist act, Kommersant, August 23, 2006. According to the investigation, Kostyrev, Tikhomirov and Zhukovtsev were members of the nationalistic club The Saviour. The leader of the club, Nikolay Korolyov, and two more club members, Sergei Klimuk (a former FSB officer) and police academy student Nikita Senyukov, were co-indicted with Kostyrev, Tikhomirov and Zhukovtsev on the charges of murder, terrorism, organizing a criminal gang and illegal production and storage of explosives. Senyukov was also indicted for murder of an Armenian student on a subway. Allegedly, the conspirators have performed numerous explosions before, without any victims, blowing up Azerbaijani-owned stores, an Armenian refugee hostel and an office of a Georgian-born fortune teller.ru Terrorists students given up by a diary, Kommersant, August 8, 2007. On 15 May 2008, after a guilty verdict in the jury trial, Korolyov, Klimuk, Tikhomirov and Kostyrev received a sentence of life imprisonment. Zhukovtsev received 20 years in prison, Senyukov 13 years and the two students who actually delivered the bomb to the market, Dmitri Fedoseyenkov and Nikolai Kachalov only 2 years (the court decided they were not a part of the "criminal enterprise").ru Saviour convicted with applause, Kommersant, May 16, 2008. Later the same month, an appeal was filed with the Supreme Court by the convicted.ru Convicted nationalists complain about the pressure, Kommersant, May 29, 2008 Fedoseyenkov and Kachalov were released from prison on 20 March 2009 after serving their sentence. Other convict's appeals were still underway as of that time.ru Освобождены двое обвиняемых по делу о взрыве на Черкизовском рынке In August 2010, it was announced that Korolyov and Kostyrev were also suspects in the murder of a Chinese citizen by stabbing in Moscow on 19 May 2006.ru RIA Novosti http://www.infosud.ru/judicial_news/20100827/250612167.html ru:Осужденных за взрыв на Черкизовском рынке обвиняют в убийстве китайца 27 August 2010 23 January 2011 Russian Осужденных за взрыв на Черкизовском рынке обвиняют в убийстве китайца Новости Российское агентство правовой и судебной информации - РАПСИ https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030506/http://www.infosud.ru/judicial_news/20100827/250612167.html 4 March 2016 dead References 2 Category:21st-century mass murders in Russia Category:Anti-Asian sentiment in Russia Category:Anti-Caucasus sentiment in Russia Category:Anti–Central Asian sentiment in Russia Category:Anti-immigration politics in Russia Category:2006 in Islam Category:Asian diaspora in Russia Category:2006 mass murders Category:Mass murders in Moscow Category:Anti-Muslim violence in Europe Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in Moscow Category:Terrorist incidents in Russia in 2006 Category:Religion in Moscow Category:Neo-fascist terrorist incidents in Russia Category:Neo-Nazism in Russia Category:August 2006 in Russia Category:2006 in Moscow Category:2006 murders in Russia Category:Tajikistani people murdered abroad Category:Chinese people murdered abroad Category:Belarusian people murdered abroad Category:Marketplace attacks in Russia Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in Moscow Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2006 Category:Neo-fascist terrorist incidents in the 2000s Category:Terrorist incidents against Muslims in the 2000s