Russian Goal is a militant far-right skinhead organization in Russia, at one time led by Semyon Tokmakov

Semyon Tokmakov

Semyon Valeryevich Tokmakov is a figure in the Russian nationalist movement. Tokmakov was a leader of the skinhead organization Russian Goal. He achieved notoriety in 1998 when he and other skinheads attacked William Jefferson, a black United States Marine embassy guard in Moscow...

. The group achieved international notoriety in 1999 when its members, led by Tokmakov, attacked William Jefferson, a black

Black people

The term black people is used in systems of racial classification for humans of a dark skinned phenotype, relative to other racial groups.Different societies apply different criteria regarding who is classified as "black", and often social variables such as class, socio-economic status also plays a...

 United States Marine embassy guard. Tokmakov was arrested for the attack, but amnestied after receiving a short jail sentence.

External links

• Russia, Fascists, Pogroms, Violence
• Nazi skinheads in modern Russia Youth Human Rights Group, Karelia, Russia. 18 Nov 2005.