Semyon Tokmakov Explained

Semyon Valeryevich Tokmakov (Russian: Семён Валерьевич Токмаков 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 nationalist organization Russian Goal. He achieved notoriety in 1998 when he and other neo-nazis attacked William Jefferson, a black United States Marine embassy guard in Moscow. Semyon was arrested for the attack, spending a year and a half in prison.^[1]

As of 2004, Tokmakov was referenced as the "youth leader" for Russia's People's National Party (Russia).^[2]

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.^[3]

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."^[1]
• "When you kill cockroaches, you don't feel sorry for them, do you?" ^[1]

Sources

• The Wandering Jew-Hater Southern Poverty Law Center.

Notes and References

1. AP, Moscow Skinheads fight their 'holy war' Taipei Times. 10 Jun 2004.
2. http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/031204Bigotry.shtml Bigotry Monitor
3. Yevgeniy Karamian, Marina Velikanova, Stanislav Skoblo, Oleg Fotchkin, Maksim Pulemetov, Yulia Grishina, Dmitriy Kafanov. online.narod.ru/Tsaritsino.htm Pogrom on Tsaritsino food market. Nothing Unusual. Just Regular Fascism. Freedom (Moscow). 2001.