The Saviour (, also translated as Salvation or The Redeemer) was a militant
nationalist
Nationalism is an idea or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the State (polity), state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation,Anthony D. Smith, Smith, A ...
organization which claimed credit for the August
2006 Moscow market bombing
The 2006 Moscow market bombing occurred on August 21, 2006, when a self-made bomb with power of more than 1kg of TNT exploded at Moscow's Cherkizovsky Market, frequented by foreign merchants. In 2008, eight members of the Neo-nazi organizatio ...
. Media reports indicate that the market, located near
Cherkizovsky, was targeted due to its high volume of
Central Asia
Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...
n and
Caucasian
Caucasian may refer to:
Common meanings
*Anything from the Caucasus region or related to it
** Ethnic groups in the Caucasus
** ''Caucasian Exarchate'' (1917–1920), an ecclesiastical exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Caucasus re ...
clientele.
[Marcel Van Herpen ''Putinism: The Slow Rise of a Radical Right Regime in Russia'' 2013 "On August 21, 2006, members of The Savior, a neo-Nazi group led by Nikolai Korolev, a former FSB officer, bombed the Cherkizovsky market in Moscow, the largest market of Russia, frequented by many merchants from Central Asia."]
Four members of The Saviour were sentenced to life imprisonment, while four others received lesser prison terms.
See also
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Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists
The Battle Organization of Russian Nationalists () or the Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists, often abbreviated as BORN (), was a Russian neo-Nazi group based out of Moscow. Members were accused of a series of murders and attempted mur ...
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Combat Terrorist Organization
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NS/WP Crew
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National Socialist Society
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Primorsky Partisans
The Primorsky Partisans were a group of six young men who waged a guerrilla war against the Russian police, who have long been accused of corruption and brutality.
History
From the small village of Kirovsky in Primorsky Krai, Russia's Far Eas ...
References
Anti-Asian sentiment in Russia
Anti-Caucasus sentiment in Russia
Anti–Central Asian sentiment in Russia
Neo-fascist organizations in Russia
Racism in Russia
Russian nationalist organizations
Terrorism in Russia
Neo-fascist terrorism
Paramilitary organizations based in Russia
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