This week, a fight broke out between young people in the shopping center “Aviapark” in the north of Moscow. As it turned out later, members of the “groups” “tsb not mit” and “PMC Redan” clashed. According to a number of media reports, clashes took place in other parts of the capital. Life.ru reported the fights at the Marcos Mall shopping center, and the police filed a lawsuit after a collision in the subway.
What’s going on at Aviapark?
According to the Baza Telegram channel, on February 25, Moscow police officers received orders to arrest all teenagers with signs of “PMC Redan” with long dark hair, spiders and number four, plaid pants.
At the moment, Aviapark is being raided by the police, and the suspect youths are being taken out of the mall in pairs or threes. There has been suspicious activity in the food court since early morning. Some are “screwed” at the entrance. It is alleged that the main target of law enforcement agencies is the unofficial leader Ali. Puree.
while transmitting Shot, a crowd of teenagers scurry across the floors of Aviapark, knocking out anyone who stands in their way. When the cops manage to stop them, they either can’t give a reason for their strange behavior or say they’ve come to beat up a group of spiders.
Police patrols are also on duty in other large shopping centers in the capital.
Criminal proceedings
After the first incident in Aviapark, a criminal case was opened under the article on hooliganism (part 2 of article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), according to the Moscow police, so far no one has been detained. Protocols have been drawn up due to inappropriate upbringing of some young people against their parents.
According to the news of Telegram channel “112”, the brawl in the cafeteria started because the young people did not share the chairs. According to unconfirmed reports, the tray was broken on one of the fighters. A photo of a girl with bruises on her face, allegedly captured in this fight, is also circulating on social networks. Young people fought both in groups and “one on one”.
More than 30 children were detained at Marcos Mall the previous day.
On the afternoon of February 25, the metropolitan department of the Investigative Committee of Russia also opened a criminal case for hooliganism against two youths, aged 15 and 17. The boys sprayed tear gas in the eyes of their peers, the incident took place in the subway lobby. According to Telegram channel 112, the attackers are members of the Redan movement. They were arrested and have already admitted their guilt.
In the evening of the same day, the press service of the central office of the Investigative Committee in the capital reported that the court had sent three teenagers to house arrest in case of an attack on the subway. They are suspected of hooliganism. According to investigators, teenagers sprayed the contents of a gas can on a schoolboy’s face and then beat him. The incident took place in the lobby of the subway station.
“tsb not mit” and “PMC Redan”
“PMC Redan” is named after the clan of the same name from the anime “Hunter x Hunter”, where the gang’s symbol is also a spider. This manga is hugely popular: it came out in the late ’90s and has been filmed multiple times, and Shueisha publishing house, which owns the rights to the anime, has sold around 84 million copies of Hunter x Hunter.
The second group – “tsb not mit” – includes young people and youth who engage in “anti-propaganda” and try to drive rival movements “from their territory” (CB – Tsvetnoy Boulevard, “mit” – British meeting , “meeting”).