Movement Against Illegal Immigration
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Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI) (Russian: Движение против нелегальной иммиграции — ДПНИ) is a Russian far-right anti-immigrant organization. The organiztion is led by Aleksandr Belov (Potkin) former member of ultra-nationalist Pamyat.
Movement Against Illegal Immigration was created on July 10, 2002, in reaction to ethnic violence between residents of a Moscow's suburb and illegal immigrants from the South Caucasus republics. Movement Against Illegal Immigration have organized a number of anti-immigrant rallies throughout Russia. It also takes part in carrying out the annual Russian March, a Russian ethnic pride display and protest event.
Aside from mass protests movement is active in organizing public pressure to support ethnic Russians in number of high profile court cases involving crimes committed by the immigrants. Despite its name in its protests Movement Against Illegal Immigration also targets ethnic Chechens and some other minorities from the North Caucasus who are Russian citizens rather than immigrants. Movement Against Illegal Immigration is one of the more active far right political organizations in Russia with about 5000 members in 30 different regions.
During riots in the northern Russian city of Kondopoga, in August-September of 2006, sparked by the murder of ethnic Russians by Chechen muslims, DPNI provided an up to the minute online coverage of the unfolding situation and broke through the government controlled media's politically correct silence about what was happenning there.[1]
[edit] Critics
Liberal rights activists have filed numerous complains with the Russian authorities in their attempts to ban DPNI, because, as they believe, it is persuing "fascists" agenda, exemplified by their slogans , such as "Russia is for Russians!".[2]
