Russia: anarchists disrupt regional parliament

Last week members of the Anarchist Ecological Resistance (AER) movement disrupted the regional parliament of the Perm province, protesting against the poisoning of local residents by exhaust fumes from the illegal incineration of solid-propellant rockets (missiles) within city limits - with full knowledge of the local authorities.

At 10am on 20 April 6 AER militants wearing gas masks entered the meeting hall of
the Legislative Assembly of the Perm province, blasting a siren and shouting into a megaphone:

"Warning, a chemical attack is in progress!" (rough translation). The activists dropped 400 pamphlets, entitled "Chemical Hazard!", that explained the organisation's position on the matter at hand. The anarchists' cheif grievance, prompting them towards direct action, was the Legislative Assembly's sixth rescheduling and delay of hearings on the problem of solid-propellant rocket disposal in Perm. This time the meeting was pushed back till June, as the missiles in the city of Perm continued to burn releasing hydrogen chloride, dioxin and other poisons into the air.

After the distribution of the anti-missile pamphlets that called on representatives to cease postponing the meeting on this socially relevant subject, the anarchists shouted into the megaphone three times: "Burn the missiles into your own offices!" and left the Legislative Assembly's meeting hall. None of the participants were detained.

The action was filmed by reporters from several local television channels. The participants gave an interview to a national radio station "Radio Maximum."

No passaran! Resist, or die! No to missiles!