Police are questioning a neo-Nazi who claims to be the internet distributor of a video showing the apparent sum- mary execution of two non-Slavs.

In the video a Tajik national and an ethnic Dagestani man are apparently killed in a forest against the backdrop of a Nazi flag. One victim is beheaded and the other is shot while kneeling by a prepared grave, to shouts of “Glory to Russia” and a soundtrack of heavy metal music.

The 24-year-old student from the southern town of Maikop turned himself in after the video was picked up by Russian television and shown in full, causing public outrage.

According to police, he said that he had spent two years uploading material designed to incite ethnic hatred. “This man has declared his devotion to National Socialist ideas,” the Interior Ministry said. “According to preliminary information, he has been distributing this video over the internet but he is not the author of it. Experts are still working to establish the authenticity of the video.” …

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