Hunting rifles may be long-barreled firearms, they may not fire in bursts, and they may not have a cartridge capacity of more than ten rounds. Individuals may carry guns for self defense, but according to the Library of Congress, these may not be long-barreled rifles (leaving only small pneumatic weapons, as those used in this attack). The nightclub’s hired guards, according to the bar owners, “Just stood by and watched.”īecause the hooligans were using air guns with rubber bullets.īecause in the Russian federation, individuals may only carry weapons for hunting and sports activities. They ran into the club and began shooting the clientele. They were even told where they were standing and hiding.” Komsomolskaya Pravda reports that the hooligans ran off, the police did arrive, but as soon as they left, nine of the hooligans returned. The bar administration is quoted as saying, “The police were called… but they didn’t even begin to patrol the surrounding area. An unfortunate victim didn’t make to the interior in time, was badly beaten, and suffered a fractured leg and a concussion. One visitor to the bar that night explained, “Having seen us, (and we, as you can understand, looked a little out-of-the-ordinary) they began screaming obscene words about gays.” A guard rushed the patrons inside and shut the door. The soccer fans were shouting, “Russia is the champion!” A funny thing to say for a final score of 1-1. The bar’s name was, “Mono show bar: A show-bar for happy and out-of-the-ordinary people.” A group of about 20 football fans were carousing down the street in Yekaterinburg when they noticed some unusual people standing outside a bar. The attack occurred on the evening of June 11 th and into the morning of the 12 th, which was the night of the massacre at Pulse night club in Orlando. Yet after Russia scored 1-1 against England in the Euro 2016 Soccer Championship, it was hooligans who decided to shoot patrons at a gay club. For example, when performance artist Petr Pavlensky nailed his scrotum to red square, he was arrested under a law prohibiting hooliganism. Despite the controversy of soccer hooligans attacking opposing soccer fans in England and France, which the UK government believes may have been perpetrated by the Kremlin, hooligansim is illegal in the Russian Federation. The word hooligan has a slightly different meaning in Russian.