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Moscow (JTA) — A gang of
black-shirted members of
the anti-Semitic Pamyat
movement burst into the of-
fices of a pro- democracy
Moscow newspaper this
week, held the editor
hostage and videotaped the
staff before leaving about 20
minutes later.
They were gone before
police arrived at Moskovski
Komsomoletz, which bears
the name of the defunct
Communist youth move-
ment but is now regarded as
a leading pro-democracy
paper.
Pamyat leaders have fre-
quently called the paper
"Masonski Zhid-omoletz"
(Masonic Kike omelette) and
similar names; some Pamyat
leaflets have framed the
paper's masthead in a Star
of David.
Nonetheless, there is
nothing particularly Jewish
about the paper, whose
editor, Pavel Gusev, is an
ethnic Russian.
The incident began as a
weekly editorial meeting
was in progress. About 25 to
30 members of Pamyat's Na-
tional Patriotic Front faction
sprang from several vehicles
that suddenly appeared out-
side the paper's main en-
trance.
Some rushed straight to
the third floor, where Mr.
Gusev's office is located,
while others surrounded the
paper's unarmed security
guards, said witnesses.
Locking Mr. Gusev in, the
invaders read him a 10-point
declaration that included
demands he turn over the
names of the paper's jour-
nalists who have written
"anti-patriotic" articles, and
"apologize before the Rus-
sian people."
The invaders did not harm
the editor or anyone else.
Despite the ruffians'
efforts to prevent anyone
from calling the police,
someone did succeed in
summoning help. But police
arrived too late to arrest
anyone, prompting charges
that they did not take the in-
cident seriously.
Initial reports said a single
unarmed police captain
arrived on the scene 40
minutes after being called.
On Russian television a
day after the incident, Mr.
Gusev downplayed charges
of police tardiness. But the
bad taste lingered after the
chief of the local police sta-
tion, Lt. Col. V. Chasov-
nikov, said publicly that
police initially wondered
whether the Pamyat attack
had been "a friendly visit."
No one has yet been ar-
rested. From a license
number taken down by a
witness, police traced the
driver of one car. He claimed
he was not a Pamyat mem-
ber and had been paid 1,000
rubles, about $3, to drive
them.
Lt. Col. Chasovnikov said
suspects, if found, would be
charged with hooliganism,
which is punishable by
anywhere from one to seven
years in jail.
"It's said that fascism is
growing here," a front-page
editorial in Moskovski Kom-
somoletz said after the inci-
dent. "Well, it's already
grown, if a bunch of
blackshirts can walk into
the offices of a major Moscow
paper in the middle of the
day, dictate their conditions,
threaten 'decisive measures'
and then peacefully drive
away."
Numerous Russian public
figures, both Jews and non-
Jews, condemned the
Pamyat action.
Rome Marks
Anniversary
Rome (JTA) — Rome's
Jewish community last week
marked with renewed con-
cern the 10th anniversary of
an attack by Arab terrorists
on the city's main syn-
agogue, in which a toddler
was killed and 40 people
wounded.
Anti-Semitic acts are still
taking place, now coming
from the right wing rather
than Arab terrorists, Jewish
leaders noted.
"We are witnessing a new
xenophobic and anti-Semitic
wave in Germany and in
Europe," Sergio Frassineti,
president of the Rome Jew-
ish community, told a
memorial ceremony in the
synagogue, held the night of
Oct 8.
Mr. Frassineti said that
"all society and all au-
thorities must be concern-
ed." Racial attacks "could
take place anywhere," he
said.
The ceremony, at which
the Jewish community gave
thanks to local hospital per-
sonnel who cared for the
wounded following the at-
tack, was attended by local
Jewish leaders.