Last year they tried to disrupt the event. Members of the 'Russian…
Last year they tried to disrupt the event. Members of the 'Russian Community' and Cossacks arrived at the Sandarmokh site, where the annual Day of Memory for Victims of the Great Terror is held on August 5, reports 'Bumaga'.
Consensus
- Members of 'Russkaya Obshchina' and cossacks arrived at the Sandarmokh site.
- The event took place on August 5, 2025.
- The event is an annual Day of Memory for victims of the Great Terror.
- No provocations were reported during the 2025 event.
- In August 2024, activists from 'Molodaya Gvardiya' and unidentified individuals with 'Russkaya Obshchina' insignias attempted to disrupt the memorial event.
- During the 2024 disruption, participants were approached, doused with water, and had 'Katyusha' sung during flower-laying.
- Four plaques with names of foreign fighters killed in the war with Ukraine were hung on trees during the 2024 incident.
- Traffic police officers present at the 2024 event did not intervene.
- Sandarmokh in Karelia is historically associated with mass executions during the 1937–1938 repression campaign.
- The Russian Ministry of Culture and the Russian Military-Historical Society claim that those buried at Sandarmokh are Red Army soldiers who died in World War II.
- Memorial Society considers the official claims an attempt to conceal the scale of state terror in the 1930s.
Coverage (2 sources)
- Ultra-rightists arrived at the site of flower laying in Sandarmokh. Last year they tried to disrupt the event — Радио Свобода
- Ultra-rightists arrived at the place of flower laying in Sandarmokh. Last year they tried to disrupt the event — Север.Реалии