Just got an email from Misha(Loa loa) which sadly has some shit news on the russian hardcore/D.I.Y front.
Timur played with Sandinsita! in St Pete, and sadly fell victim to a nazi attack after a Food Not Bombs benifit a few nights ago.He died from he`s stab wounds.
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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
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Please post this message in world hardcore/punk forums, sites, human
rights organizations etc.....
Thanks,
Eamonn.
Timur played with Sandinsita! in St Pete, and sadly fell victim to a nazi attack after a Food Not Bombs benifit a few nights ago.He died from he`s stab wounds.
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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
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Please post this message in world hardcore/punk forums, sites, human
rights organizations etc.....
Thanks,
Eamonn.
