36 Facts About Dmitry Demushkin

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Dmitry Nikolayevich Demushkin is a Russian nationalist activist, politician and public figure.

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Dmitry Demushkin founded the neo-Nazi organization "Slavic Union" in 1999, which was designated as extremist and banned in 2010.

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In 2019, Demushkin was appointed interim head of the administration of the rural settlement Barvikhinskoye, Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast.

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Dmitry Demushkin was born in the city of Moscow on 7 May 1979.

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Dmitry Demushkin's father Nikolai Mikhailovich Demushkin is an ambulance driver and driving instructor.

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Dmitry Demushkin's mother Elena Alexandrovna Demushkina is a teacher of Russian language and literature.

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In 1981, his parents divorced, and Dmitry Demushkin was raised by his mother, grandmother and aunt.

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Dmitry Demushkin attended three school is Moscow: No 763 until fifth grade, then at No 997 up to ninth grade, and finally completed high school at No 144.

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Dmitry Demushkin graduated from the Moscow Social and Humanitarian Institute with a degree in "State and Municipal Administration" from the Faculty of Economics and from the Faculty of Psychology with a degree in teaching psychology.

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Dmitry Demushkin signed a Memorandum of Establishment with Yuri Belyaev and Stanislav Terekhov.

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In January 2006, Dmitry Demushkin assigned lawyers to defend Alexander Koptsev, who attacked one of Moscow's synagogues.

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In July 2006, Dmitry Demushkin was detained by law enforcement agencies in connection with his suspected involvement in an explosion near a mosque in Yakhroma.

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In 2011, Dmitry Demushkin co-founded the nationalist organization "Russians", however it was banned in 2015.

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On May 3,2011, Dmitry Demushkin co-founded the nationalist organization "Russians" with DPNI leader Alexander Belov, however it was banned in 2015.

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On January 29,2012, Dmitry Demushkin spoke in the parliament of the Chechen Republic, where he raised the issue of giving the Russian people a state-forming status in the Russian Federation.

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Dmitry Demushkin took an active part in the defense of the leader of the "Moscow Defense League" Daniil Konstantinov, who was detained on suspicion of murder.

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In early July 2012, Dmitry Demushkin notified the Ministry of Justice of the creation of a Party of Nationalists.

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In 2013, Dmitry Demushkin announced his intention to run for president in the 2018 Russian presidential election.

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Dmitry Demushkin believes that Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians are one people.

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Dmitry Demushkin is a supporter of the de-Sovietization of Russia.

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In particular, Dmitry Demushkin said that MTV would definitely be closed under him, since, in his opinion, it was engaged in the promotion of homosexuality.

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Dmitry Demushkin did not publicly express his position on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but he considered the actions of the Russian authorities erroneous, since they actually only strengthened anti-Russian sentiments in Ukraine.

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In 2022, Dmitry Demushkin condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and demanded an end to it.

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In November 2022, two protocols were drawn up against Dmitry Demushkin for spreading fake news about the Russian military.

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Dmitry Demushkin's lawyer linked the persecution with the Dmitry Demushkin's journalistic activities.

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Some charges were dropped, so Dmitry Demushkin was only charged with engaging with an extremist group that had been banned, under which he faced up to three years in prison.

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Dmitry Demushkin was sentenced to a fine of 200,000 rubles, but was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for the crime.

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Dmitry Demushkin spent eight months in the intensive monitoring sector, because in the materials from the investigator he was marked as prone to escape.

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Dmitry Demushkin was released in 2019 after serving his prison sentence at a prison in Pokrov, Vladimir Oblast.

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On March 28,2016, Dmitry Demushkin was included in the register of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring.

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On October 21,2016, while applying for a permit for the Russian March, Dmitry Demushkin was detained and placed on house arrest for engaging in extremism.

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Dmitry Demushkin spent 8 months in IK-2, as he was marked as prone to escape.

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On February 20,2019, the Petushinsky District Court of the Vladimir Region ruled that Dmitry Demushkin would receive an early release from Corrective Colony No 2 in Pokrov.

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On December 20,2019, Dmitry Demushkin was removed from the register of Rosfinmonitoring.

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Dmitry Demushkin was then appointed to the position of Chief Specialist of the Department for Organizational Work, Youth Affairs, Culture and Sports in Barvikhinsky.

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On May 13,2019, Dmitry Demushkin was appointed acting head of the administration of the rural settlement of Barvikhinsky.