On May 4, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reported a fire in an apartment in the Leningrad Region. Later, the body of a 37-year-old citizen of Armenia was found in the apartment, and a 24-year-old woman was found in severe condition under the windows, informs the Fontanka newspaper.

On that day, neo-Nazis from the "Russian Community" movement broke into this apartment. The owner of the apartment was told about this by her son.

According to her, unidentified persons, who presented themselves as police officers, tried to enter the apartment. They broke down the door, "blew gas on the victim and shocked him with electric shocks." Also, these unidentified persons tried to break down the door of the room where the resident's acquaintances were hiding, after which a fire broke out.

The owner of the apartment said that when she arrived at the scene, she saw a large number of men dressed in black with symbols of the “Russian community” and masks on the stairs.

Activists of this ultra-right movement told the Moika78 newspaper that the residents of neighboring apartments heard screams, and the owner of the apartment allegedly contacted the “Russian community” to have neo-Nazis accompany her. They claim that pepper spray was used to protect the woman, and the fire was caused by the deceased citizen of Armenia.

The investigative department has opened a criminal case under the article “causing death by negligence.”