Semyon Tokmakov
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Semyon Valeryevich Tokmakov ( born 26 July 1975 in Rybinsk
, Russia
)http://www.panorama.ru/info/sprav157.html is a figure in the Russian nationalist movement. Tokmakov was a leader of the skinhead organization Russian Goal
. He achieved notoriety in 1998 when he and other skinheads attacked William Jefferson, a black United States Marine embassy guard in Moscow. Semyonov was arrested for the attack, spending a year and a half in prison.
As of 2004, Tokmakov was referenced as the "youth leader" for Russia's People's National Party (Russia)
.
The anti-fascist Russian website Freedom-online.narod.ru claims that Tokmakov was born in the city of Rybinsk
in 1978, and worked as a security guard and bank protector there.
Rybinsk
Rybinsk is the second largest city of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, which lies at the confluence of the Volga and Sheksna Rivers. Population: It is served by Rybinsk Staroselye airport.-Early history:...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
)http://www.panorama.ru/info/sprav157.html is a figure in the Russian nationalist movement. Tokmakov was a leader of the skinhead organization Russian Goal
Russian Goal
Russian Goal is a militant far-right skinhead organization in Russia, at one time led by Semyon Tokmakov. The group achieved international notoriety in 1999 when its members, led by Tokmakov, attacked William Jefferson, a black United States Marine embassy guard...
. He achieved notoriety in 1998 when he and other skinheads attacked William Jefferson, a black United States Marine embassy guard in Moscow. Semyonov was arrested for the attack, spending a year and a half in prison.
As of 2004, Tokmakov was referenced as the "youth leader" for Russia's People's National Party (Russia)
People's National Party (Russia)
The Peoples National Party is a minor far right political party in Russia. Its leader is Aleksandr Ivanov-Sukharevsky, who founded the party in 1994 with, it has been alleged, the aid of two veterans of the Black Hundreds Vladimir Osipov and Vyacheslav Demin.-Origins:The party grew from an attempt...
.
The anti-fascist Russian website Freedom-online.narod.ru claims that Tokmakov was born in the city of Rybinsk
Rybinsk
Rybinsk is the second largest city of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, which lies at the confluence of the Volga and Sheksna Rivers. Population: It is served by Rybinsk Staroselye airport.-Early history:...
in 1978, and worked as a security guard and bank protector there.
Media quotes from Tokmakov
- "Why have they all come here? They bring nothing but drugs and AIDS. Every day they harass and steal our women."
- "When you kill cockroaches, you don't feel sorry for them, do you?"
Sources
- The Wandering Jew-Hater Southern Poverty Law Center.