Konstantin Pereverzev, born 1979, was already declaring himself to be a true “Russian Orthodox Patriot” on his way to the police station after being arrested for striking a blow to the face of 82-year-old human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva. The incident took place yesterday during a commemoration event for the victims of the terrorist attack in the Moscow metro station of Park Kultury.

Alexeyeva, the chairperson of the Moscow Helsinki Group, was laying flowers in the middle of the Metro station where the bombing had occurred earlier this week.  According to eyewitnesses, and there were many of them, Pereverzev came up close to Ludmilla Mikhailovna and struck her quite hard with a flat palm against the head. Alexeeva reeled, but did not fall. After this, Alexeyeva was taken home by car.

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Witnesses assert that the “Russian Patriot” before he struck her, he taunted: “You still alive?” [intentionally using a grammatically impolite form of address–Trans.].  Alexeyeva noticed that the attacker had something in his hand, and considered that the provocation was made quite clear..

“I’m alive. Perhaps, there is a small concussion”, Alexeyeva said, and added that depending on how she is feeling she will file a report with the police.