StopHam (organization)

StopHam (Russian: СтопХам, which translates as Stop a douchebag or "stop a lout") is a Russian non-profit organization, headquartered in Moscow and founded in 2010 by members of the youth movement Nashi, which opposes traffic rule violations and arrogance on the road. The leader of the organization is Dmitriy Chugunov. The mode of operation of the activists of the movement is to film offenses and their conversations and confrontations with offenders and subsequently edit and upload the gathered footage to video-sharing websites such as YouTube.[1] One of the popular strategies is to place big stickers with the phrase "I don't care about anyone, I can park wherever I want" (Russian: Мне плевать на всех, паркуюсь где хочу) on car windshields of non-cooperative traffic offenders. A number of incidents involving activists of the movement have garnered significant public attention.[2][3][4][5]

On 21 March 2016 by the Moscow City Court's decision the organization was liquidated.[6] But on 2 September 2016 the Supreme Court of Russia cancelled the decision.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The official YouTube-channel of the organization.
  2. ↑ "Video of Moscow Parking Brawl Goes Viral". ABC News. 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  3. ↑ "Кадыров уволил чиновника из-за конфликта с движением "СтопХам"" [Kadyrov Dismisses an Official After Conflict with StopHam Activists]. Lenta.ru. 2012-05-05. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  4. ↑ "По факту драки у ТЦ "Европейский" завели дело о хулиганстве". Lenta.ru. 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  5. ↑ "Elections Official in Hot Water for Cursing at Activists (Video)". The Moscow Times. 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  6. ↑ https://www.rbth.com/politics_and_society/2016/04/04/stopham-the-end-of-the-road-for-russias-parking-vigilantes_581711
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