Food not Bombs Activist Murdered by Nazis in St.Petersburg, Russia

> Timur Kacharava
>
> 21.08.1985 - 13.11.2005
>
> Timur was an active member of St. Petersburg's hardcore punk and anarchist community, and our dear friend. On the evening
> of November 13, Timur became the victim of a nazi attack. After a Food Not Bombs action on Vladimirskaya square Timur and a
> few other kids went to a Bukvoyed bookshop on Ligovsky prospect. Around 7 p.m. he and his friend Max "Zgibov" Zgibai were
> smoking outside when they were attacked by a group of 8 to 10 nazis. Timur suffered multiple stab wounds in the neck. Zgibov
> is in the hospital in a stable condition with five stab wounds.
>
> The ambulance arrived in about ten minutes. By then Timur was dead due to heavy blood loss. Zgibov was taken to the
> Mariinsky Hospital. The police are investigating the incident; they have some suspects. There's a graffiti on the wall next
> to the place where Timur was murdered, and there are candles, pictures, and flowers his friends placed as a tribute.
>
> Timur was a founding member of the St. Petersburg political hardcore punk band Sandinista! which formed in 2003. He was the
> musical leader, writing most of the music and playing lead guitar. The band's debut s/t MCD is to be released on Moscow's
> Old Skool Kids Records; the same label released a DVD of Old Skool Kids Fest in September 2004 which features several songs
> by Sandinista! In the Summer of 2005 Timur also joined the local d-beat hardcore band Distress. He returned to St.
> Petersburg from a Scandinavian tour with Distress just a few days before being murdered.
>
> Timur took an active part in the anarchist activities in the city, such as Food Not Bombs group and Epitsentr infoshop. He
> was also active in day-to-day confrontation with nazis in the streets. He was a fourth year student of philosophy in St.
> Petersburg State University, and a committed vegan.
>
> Zgibov was Timur's bandmate in Sandinista! in 2004-2005. Before that Zgibov played bass in hardcore punk band Svinokop and
> also is a singer and bassist in grind band Potom Budet Pozdno, along with running his own tape label Ni Esperas.
>
> For U.S. readers: Timur is seen on the Out Cold live in St. Petersburg DVD dancing, and his voice saying "Old school
> hardcore isn't about windmills, dude" is in fact heard as the intro to the film.
>
> Timur will be loved and remembered by everyone who knew him. He is especially missed by his parents and girlfriend Lyubava.
>
> Sandinista! website:
>  http://www.myspace.com/sandinistaxspbhc