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In the video itself, almost nothing can be seen, only a woman’s scream and the sound of a gunshot, but for a split second you can see what is happening, and this image is similar to the scene of I.Farion’s murder – the yard outside her home.
Video has not been authenticated. Ukrainian law enforcement agencies have not yet commented on this publication.
The footage is accompanied by a long text entitled “Manifesto of the Autonomous Revolutionary Racists of Ukraine”, a comrade of the NS/WP. Its essence boils down to the fact that the national differences of warring Ukraine and Russia, especially the issue of language, are secondary, much more important, in the opinion of the author, is the “racial war”, which is actually proposed to be fought by all together. In the text, the government of Ukraine is called a “traitor”, the country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky – a “Jew”, and I.Farion – a “racial saboteur”. Finally, the manifesto proposes to overthrow this government by revolutionary means.
NS/WP (abbreviation for National Socialism/White Power) is a suspected Russian neo-Nazi group active in the first decade of this century. On her online resources, she posted videos of the killings of newcomers, migrants and anti-fascists, and called for their execution.
in 2014 At the end of 2021, the NS/WP website ceased operations, and in 2021 in May, the Supreme Court recognized the alleged movement as a “terrorist organization” and banned its activities in the country. Many on the Russian far-right have expressed the belief that NS/WP is a project of Russian special services to lure sympathetic youths into illegal activities so that they can later be arrested and neutralized or controlled.
With the start of a full-fledged invasion of Ukraine by the Russian military, several channels allegedly related to the “old” NS/WP have reappeared on the Telegram network. Among other things, they published videos showing Russian military registration and conscription points being set on fire following Vladimir Putin’s mobilization.
2022 and 2023 The FSB announced the arrest of dozens of members of a “neo-Nazi group” allegedly linked to the NS/WP, who, according to the intelligence agency, planned attacks on TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov, editor-in-chief of the pro-Kremlin Russia Today TV channel Margarita Simonian and journalist Ksenia Sobchak.
I.Farion was killed on July 19. near her home in Lviv. The attacker shot her in the head with a pistol. The victim was hospitalized in critical condition and died a few hours later. The shooter managed to escape.
The National Police of Ukraine announced a search for a young man, apparently in his twenties, who was seen near the politician’s residence a week ago. It is likely that he was looking for a future victim.
I.Farion was 60 years old. She is a philologist and linguist, a member of the “Svoboda” association, from 2012 to 2014. was a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. She was known for her tough stance on the supremacy of the Ukrainian language in Ukraine and her demands to reduce the use of Russian as the “language of the occupiers” in the country.
I.Farion is also known for his resonant statements: especially in 2023. in November, she stated that she cannot consider Ukrainians as soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who defend the country on the front line but speak Russian. After that, I.Farion was prosecuted under the articles on the equality of citizens depending on their nationality and insulting honor and dignity.
in Russia in 2015 I.Farion was prosecuted under the article for inciting hatred and humiliating human dignity for calling for repression against Russians in Ukraine. Russian propaganda often used I.Farion as proof of the thesis about the persecution of Russian speakers in Ukraine.
Ukrainian police are investigating the video
Ukrainian officials are investigating a video posted on social media purporting to show the murder of linguist I.Farion and claiming that a Russian neo-Nazi group is involved.
Olena Berezhna, the representative of the National Police, stated this to the Ukrinform news agency on Thursday.
“Police are investigating the video released yesterday and will determine what relevance it may have to the investigation,” the spokeswoman said.
On Wednesday, the Russian “Telegram” channels published a video in which I. Farion’s murder was recorded. The Russian neo-Nazi group NS/WP allegedly claimed responsibility for it.
60-year-old I. Farion was seriously injured in Lviv outside her home on Friday evening. She was shot in the temple. Doctors’ efforts to save her life were unsuccessful.
Nationalist former Ukrainian lawmaker I. Farion strongly criticized the use of the Russian language in the country.
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