Overview
GTD ID:
200604010021
When:
2006-04-01
Country:
Russia
Region:
Eastern Europe
Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Moscow
City:
Sokolinaya Gora
What
Attack Information
Type of Attack () |
Unarmed Assault |
Successful Attack? () |
Yes |
Target Information ()
Target Type: Government (General) |
Name of Entity |
Government of Russian Federation |
Specific Description |
Zaur Tutov, Kabarda-Balkaria Culture Minister |
Nationality of Target |
Russia |
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property |
Name of Entity |
Citizenry in Moscow |
Specific Description |
Adygi folk dance ensemble in Moscow |
Nationality of Target |
Russia |
Additional Information
Hostages |
No |
Ransom |
No |
Property Damage |
No |
How
Weapon Information
Type |
Sub-type |
Melee |
Hands, Feet, Fists |
Additional Information
Suicide Attack? | No |
Part of Multiple Incident? | No |
Criterion 1 () |
Yes |
Criterion 2 () |
Yes |
Criterion 3 () |
Yes |
Doubt Terrorism Proper () |
No |
Additional Information |
This has been part of a string of violence against foreigners by either skinheads or neo-Nazis in Russia. The assault is being probed as a hate-motivated crime as witnesses said they had heard the attackers shouting nationalistic slogans. Dzhamilya Khagarova, the press secretary of the president of Kabarda-Balkaria, relayed the incident to an ITAR-TASS correspondent. --Other accounts said there were 12 assailants. All 12 had been identified and 3 of the 4 detained were released on April 3 after pledging to come to law enforcement agencies for questioning after being summoned. Two others were later summoned, and the four females in the group denied offensive involvement. --The Russian Prosecutor's General's Office demanded that the Moscow city prosecutor's office amend the criminal charge in the case of Tutov's beating-up to Article 112, Part Two, Point 'e' of the Russian Criminal Code which reads: 'deliberate infliction of moderately severe damage to health, committed on the grounds of ethnic, racial or religious hatred or enmity'," in light of the nationalist slogans chanted during the attack. Moscow eastern district prosecutors completed the investigation on May 25, and three suspects had already been charged with assault. --On Nov. 20, 2006, the Izmailovsky district court in Moscow found the three defendants, Stanislav Novokhatsky, Yevgeny Konyshev and Boris Kolodin, guilty of the attack on Tutov, ruling the crime was committed out of ethnic hatred. Novokhatsky was sentenced to one year in prison, Konyshev and Kolodin to 1.5 yrs each. In Feb. 2007, the court upheld the verdict. |
Who
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name |
Claimed Responsibility |
Unknown |
No |
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators |
12 |
Number of Captured Perpetrators |
5 |
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties |
Unknown |
Total Number of Fatalities |
Unknown |
Number of U.S. Fatalities |
0 |
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities |
0 |
Total Number of Injured |
Unknown |
Number of U.S. Injured |
0 |
Number of Perpetrators Injured |
0 |
Sources
Sources
“Russia: Minister's attackers arrested, interrogated in Moscow,” Moscow Rossiya TV in Russian, April 03, 2006. |
“Court Upholds Verdict To 3 Attackers On Regional Culture Minister,” Moscow ITAR-TASS in English, February 21, 2007. |
“Balkarian Minister's Attackers Identified,” Moscow Interfax in English, April 05, 2006. |
Criteria
Criteria 1
The act must be aimed at attaining a political, economic, religious, or social goal. In terms of economic goals, the exclusive pursuit of profit does not satisfy this criterion. It must involve the pursuit of more profound, systemic economic change.
Criterion 2
There must be evidence of an intention to coerce, intimidate, or convey some other message to a larger audience (or audiences) than the immediate victims. It is the act taken as a totality that is considered, irrespective if every individual involved in carrying out the act was aware of this intention. As long as any of the planners or decision-makers behind the attack intended to coerce, intimidate or publicize, the intentionality criterion is met.
Criterion 3
The action must be outside the context of legitimate warfare activities. That is, the act must be outside the parameters permitted by international humanitarian law (particularly the prohibition against deliberately targeting civilians or non-combatants.
Doubt Terrorism Proper
The existence of a "Yes" for "Doubt Terrorism Proper?" records reservation, in the eyes of GTD analysts, that the incident in question is truly terrorism. Such uncertainty, however, was not deemed to be sufficient to disqualify the incident from inclusion into the GTD. Furthermore, such a determination of doubt is subsequently coded by GTD analysts as conforming to one of four possible alternative designations: 1) Insurgency/Guerilla Action; 2) Internecine Conflict Action; 3) Mass Murder; or 4) Purely Criminal Act.
Alternate Designation
The determination of "yes" for "Doubt Terrorism Proper" by GTD analysts is coded as conforming to one of four possible alternative designations: 1) Insurgency/Guerilla Action; 2) Internecine Conflict Action; 3) Mass Murder; or 4) Purely Criminal Act.
Successful Attack
Success of a terrorist strike is defined according to the tangible effects of the attack. For example, in a typical successful bombing, the bomb detonates and destroys property and/or kills individuals, whereas an unsuccessful bombing is one in which the bomb is discovered and defused or detonates early and kills the perpetrators. Success is not judged in terms of the larger goals of the perpetrators. For example, a bomb that exploded in a building would be counted as a success even if it did not, for example, succeed in bringing the building down or inducing government repression.
Type of Attack
This field captures the general method of attack and often reflects the broad class of tactics used. It consists of the following nine categories:
- Assassination
- Armed Assault
- Unarmed Assault
- Bombing/Explosion
- Hijacking
- Hostage taking (Barricade Incident)
- Hostage taking (Kidnapping)
- Facility / Infrastructure Attack
- Unknown
Target Information
This field captures the general type of target. It consists of the following 22 categories:
- Abortion Related
- Airports & Airlines
- Business
- Government (General)
- Government (Diplomatic)
- Educational Institution
- Food or Water Supply
- Journalists & Media
- Maritime (includes Ports and Maritime facilities)
- Military
- NGO
- Other
- Police
- Private Citizens & Property
- Religious Figures/Institutions
- Telecommunication
- Terrorists
- Tourists
- Transportation (other than aviation)
- Unknown
- Utilities
- Violent Political Parties