Murder of Shamil Odamanov
| Murder of Shamil Odamanov | |
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| Location | Losiny Ostrov National Park, Moscow, Russia |
| Date | 20 April 2007 |
Attack type | Double-murder by beheading and shooting |
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| Perpetrators | Format18 and National Socialist Society |
| Motive | Anti-immigrant sentiment, white supremacy |
| Accused | |
| Convicted |
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| Convictions | Murder against two or more people |
| Sentence | Aristarkhov: 16 years in prison Marshakov: 17 years in prison |
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| Neo-Nazism in Russia |
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On 20 April 2007, Shamil Umakhanovich Odamanov and another unidentified man were murdered by members of a Russian neo-Nazi group. On 12 August 2007, a video depicting their deaths called Execution of a Tajik and a Dagestani (Russian: Казнь таджика и дагестанца, romanized: Kazn' tadzhika i dagestantsa) was posted on the social media site LiveJournal. The beheading video became viral, gaining the nickname The Russian neo-Nazi beheading video. The incident was considered a cold case until 2020, when the Russian government announced that one of the accused (Maxim Martsinkevich) confessed his involvement soon before his death.