Murder of Yuriy Chervochkin
| Yuriy Chervochkin | |
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| Born |
Юрий Червочкин 31 December 1984 Serpukhov, Moscow Oblast, USSR |
| Died | 10 December 2007 (aged 22) Serpukhov, Moscow Oblast, Russia |
| Cause of death | beating |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | student |
| Known for | Victim of a murder |
| Political party | National Bolshevik Party |
| Parent(s) | Nadezhda Chervochkina (mother) |
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.
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. 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. On 11 June 2007 he was beaten by the militsiya and arrested for 5 days. Chevochkin was repeatedly detained during the Dissenters' Marches.
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. According to some sources, he reported the same of his bride to be (the leader of National Bolsheviks of Tula Anna Ploskonosova), accusing an officer of militsiya, Alexey Okopny, of being behind it. In the evening he was beaten on the head with a baseball bat. 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.
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.
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