Ethnic groups clashed over Moscow’s largest cemetery – Sight

This massacre involving hundreds of people, firearms and human casualties occurred on one of Moscow’s cemeteries. The attackers were people from the Caucasus, the defensive – came from Central Asia. Apparently, the reason was the division of spheres of influence between ethnic groups, controlling the fabulously lucrative business cemetery.

Mass arrests on Khovanskoye cemetery localized riot police buses takes away the detained participants of the incident, said Friday in a press service of the Interior Ministry main department for Moscow.

«75% of all funeral sphere now working in the informal sector»

According to some According to the police, in a brawl and shootout in the cemetery, located on General Kornilov street in Salaryevo (the “New Moscow”) was attended by about two hundred people, 50 were detained on the spot.

See information about the deaths of three members of a collision. Previously it reported two killed – but combing the cemetery, where Saturday there was a mass brawl, found the body of the third victim. The publication “Moskovsky Komsomolets”, referring to its source, refers to one of the victims – 24-year-old Suhrob Hushakov, who lived in the cemetery near the village of St. Nicholas Khovanskoye.

Earlier Life.ru sources (link to word cemetery employees) in the total number of people killed during the riots may increase up to 12 people. Reports of the death of a police officer, to separate the fight, have not been confirmed, reported in the metropolitan administration MIA.

According to the Moscow Department of Health, “currently 29 injured – three of them fatal, three non-hospital and 23 were hospitalized, four in serious condition.” There were reports that among the seriously injured – 17-year-old young man.

«In the car were found guns»

Most likely, the initiators of the conflict in the Khovanskoye cemetery were three people arrested on suspicion of the murder of two participants of the fight, he said spokesman GU MVD Moscow Sophia Khotina.

Earlier in the capital’s head office of the Interior Ministry told RIA “News”, “The two natives of the North Caucasus did not obey the requirements of traffic police and attempted to escape from the scene, while two people were crushed by car” Lada Priora “. As they were detained during operational activities. In the passenger compartment guns “have been found, – the source said.

Earlier, a source Life.ru reported that the police have set the machine on which, perhaps, escaped suspects in the murder participants of the fight. Presumably it was a “Lada Priora” of silvery color with a number of one of the North Caucasus regions.

The source also claimed that the wounded could be taken away from the cemetery on the Nissan Qashqai car – which, according to the source, the police are now looking for.

Because of the fight have formed a serious traffic jams at the entrance to the cemetery Khovanskii should “Yandex” from the data service. According to the “Yandex.Probki”, a six-kilometer traffic jam formed on the outer side of the Moscow Ring Road near Khovanskoye Cemetery. About the same congestion observed at Kaluga highway near the accident site. traffic speed does not exceed 8 kilometers per hour.

The entrances to the cemetery were blocked at the border Ring Road, just passed the security services of the machine. All exits were DPS machine. People from the cemetery walked to the ring road.

«from the South» against «Asians»

«between several groups of men there was a conflict, developed into a mass brawl”, – he said in one first-Tass reports about the fight – with the power of words in the law enforcement bodies of the capital. Participants fight using sticks and pieces of rebar. “According to preliminary data, the parties to the conflict used a weapon”, – stated the source. “Eyewitnesses say that the sound of gunfire could be heard”, – told in law enforcement.

According to the source RIA “Novosti”, the majority seen in the cemetery participants of the fight – “immigrants from southern regions and countries of Asia.” This conclusion is based in particular on the video, filmed by eyewitnesses clashes and posted Life.ru.

The video also confirms eyewitness accounts that were heard sounds similar to gunshots.

A source in the emergency services of the capital confirmed the RIA “Novosti” that we are talking about a clash of ethnic groups. Later, a source in the administration of the cemetery said: “On the one hand – as the defending – in a fight involved natives of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. They work directly with the cemetery – the staff. The attackers were natives of Dagestan and Chechnya, who wanted to drive out of here and take this other area. ”

«When the riot police get out of here all the …»

«This attack has long been planned and directed at us, cemetery workers. They (the attackers) came here at once on all sides and beaten right in front of customers all in a row and shot machine “, – RIA” Novosti “words of one of the cemetery staff. According to him, about the impending attack were known.

«When we have received this information, we will, of course, turned, and we set up a guard here. Some days there was a riot. Just today, when removed from this whole riot, just a few hours have passed and they ran. They beat everyone, including women, “- said an employee.

Large enough revenue

A source in the administration of the cemetery said that customer service is such a large cemetery brings a large enough income, in connection with which the conflict arose.

It is recalled that in late April, the head of the northern section of the cemetery Khovanskii Michael Chivilev agent and to provide funeral services Ruslan Semin received suspended sentences (1.5 and 1 year by the decision of the court of Moscow Scherbinsky) for being tried sold for 472.5 thousand rubles for a family burial in not intended for this area in the northern part of the cemetery Khovanskii.

to blame illegal immigrants from the construction site

In a communique “Ritual” SUE is a different version of what happened – sharply divergent reports that a fight took place between workers cemetery and those who tried to make a raider seizure. According to the “Ritual”, a fight on Khovanskoye cemetery staged illegal migrants from Central Asia, who were there from the nearest building and hid from the raid of the Federal Migration Service.

«Today a case where illegal migrants trying to hide in the cemetery of the FMS raids on construction sites – is not the first time this year. Migrant workers while demonstratively violate public order and are aggressive towards visitors and the management of the cemetery, “- says in the message.

The report also notes that the management of the cemetery with the security service and law enforcement agencies each time taking all necessary measures for their removal.

The fight of this magnitude takes place in a cemetery for the first time, despite the fact that migrants are periodically arrange there disassembly, in turn, the head of the department of trade and services Alexey Nemeryuk capital.

«The situation occasionally occurs in the area Khovanskii cemetery, there are around a large number of projects under construction, private and all different. There were situations when migrants penetrated into the territory of the cemetery, sometimes over the fence, we will expel them from there. And in the end there, of course, a situation where the protection of skirmishes, as it happened today, “- said Nemeryuk.

According to him, the threats to the police before the incident no one spoke – at least, he knows about it.

Nemeryuk stressed that there have been skirmishes before, even in this year, however, so there was a massive fight for the first time.

«Such fights do something and it was not, it’s really the first time. At the same time incomprehensible story. I do not know what it is connected, the economic crisis, or something else. Migrants periodically try to impose some kind of service for visitors of the graves, even for something, well, it turns out that the visitors also complain “, – said the official.

Dead business

Khovanskoye (or Nicholas Khovanskoye) cemetery, existing since 1972 – the largest in the capital (the cemetery area – 197.2 ha) and one of the “exclusive” when it can be applied to the floor resting place. Here are buried the actress Elsa Lezhdey and Jeanne Prokhorenko, Alexei Khomich players and Valery Broshin writer Valentin Berastau singer Gennady Belov.

Khovanskoye Cemetery is part of the State budget institution “Ritual”. Let us explain: according to the current law, all cemeteries in Russia are managed by local authorities, and in the management of public institutions. In May, the State Duma may consider amendments to the federal law “On the burial and funeral business,” which allow the establishment of private cemeteries.

However, the actual funeral services, from organizing a farewell and digging graves before ordering and installation of monuments – it is private funeral homes. And now the cemetery business is very profitable, as exemplified by, already from the foregoing, is the same Khovanskoye Cemetery.

In open sources mention that the cost of a standard (2×1,85 m) and the commercial area in the cemetery Khovanskoye ranges from 9 thousand. To 300 thous. Rubles.

However, a number of sources, notes that there is cemetery Khovanskoye maximum average cost of land – 80 thousand rubles.. Standard site sizes 2h1,8 square. meters in the “prestigious” location is 120-150 thousand rubles. Cost of services for the disposal of an average of 9 thousand. rub. However, a number of firms shows that even with a free burial (this service is provided until October 2014) Digging graves has cost 16 thousand. Rub.

«75 per cent – in the informal sector»

Vice-President of the Union of Funeral Organizations and Russia crematoria Alex Suloev in the comments that he made in February this year “Russian news service” stated: the cost of some funeral services overstated by 400%.

«Since we have a system of provision of services monopoly, there is no competition. No licensing system, accounting system, quality control system, training system, “- stated Suloev. According to him, “75% of all funeral sphere today operates in the shadow economy. Without the adoption of a law which clearly defines the work, it is impossible to win. ”

«Secondary burial in Russia costs about 50 thousand rubles, – stated in the comments the same” Russian news service, “President of the Union of Funeral Organizations and Crematoriums Russian Pavel Kodysh – The amount consists of services that provide funeral organization. Transport service, the coffin, the wreath, to dig and dig the grave. Sami place for burial not subject to any transactions. They can not sell or buy. If you are asked to pay for the land at the cemetery – it’s illegal, it’s a crime. ”

In provincial churchyards

The competition in the market of funeral services stiff enough that it is true for both Moscow and the regions. For example, in early April in Yekaterinburg police have launched an investigation into the arson “Gazel” car belonging to one of the city’s funeral bureau – suspected competitors.

From time to time the way cemeteries dispose of municipalities interested in the anti-monopoly agency. For example, in October last year, the FAS Office of the Novosibirsk region has seen in the violation of the decision to transfer immediately the four cemeteries from Novosibirsk city authorities conducting just one municipal budgetary institutions.

In November 2015 FAS on the Ivanovo region had brought to the arbitral tribunal a complaint against the administration of the urban cemetery (which also is responsible for the establishment of the budget). In violation of the law of cemeteries administration levied on companies and entrepreneurs a fee for the installation of tombstones and monuments Antimonopolschiki reported.

In April workers funeral in town Volzhsky (satellite city of Volgograd) initiated a “debriefing” on the level of deputy governor of the region, with the participation of law enforcement agencies and representatives of the FAS. As reported by Regnum agency, funeral business representatives complained about the lack of competition on the market of ritual services and obstacles in carrying out their activities, which they Stalling in favor of the “elite” group of companies under the code name “Memory”.