Block FACT () is part of a Russian far-right group, operating in St. Petersburg and established in the autumn of 2010.
Publicity The public statements from Block FACT often represent hard anti-communism. The organization's criteria for labeling a group as communist are quite broad. For example, the regimes of Muammar Gaddafi, Bashar al-Assad, and even the Kingdom of Bahrain were labeled as "communist" by Block FACT.Призраку коммунизма опять накостыляли
Activities Block FACT claimed responsibility for the beating of St. Petersburg Stalinist historian , setting fire to a Communist Party car (September 2011),Сегодня ночью подожгли автомобиль городского комитета КПРФ, burning down the official St. Petersburg`s branch site of the Russian Federation Communist Party, 11.09.2011 and assaulting magistrate Alexei Kuznetsov (April 2013).Самосуд над судьей , Novaya gazeta, 14.04.2013 Block FACT claimed responsibility for beating Communist Party secretary Alexey Rusakov (August 2012),О нападении на секретаря ленинградского обкома РКРП-КПСС Алексея Русакова, Krasnoye TV, 09.08.2012 burning a Communist Party car (February 2012),Коммунистов не запугать, the official site of St. Petersburg`s branch of the Russian Federation Communist Party, 09.02.2012 desecrating and destroying a series of Soviet memorials (plaques of Lenin, Uritsky, Romanov, Trefolev and Voytik), and attacking several activists of Communist organizations.
Some commentators characterized the actions of Block FACT as a relaxed variant of European neo-fascist terrorism of the 1970s.Кулак белой ленты , Website of the Perm Civic Chamber, июнь 2013 It is assumed that the activists of Block FACT attacked a former Duma deputy, Viktor Tyulkin. The leader of the St. Petersburg communist organizations, Tyulkin, was beaten on 4 October 2013, after a communist demonstration commemorating the 20th anniversary of the events of October 1993. One of the attackers congratulated Tyulkin with "happy holidays".На лидера партии «Рот Фронт» мог напасть «Блок ФАКТ», Без формата.RU, 07.10.2013
See also Decommunization in Russia Decommunization (Russian political movement)
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