The Saviour is a militant nationalist organization which claimed credit for the August 2006 Moscow market bombing

2006 Moscow market bombing

The 2006 Moscow market bombing occurred on August 21, 2006, when a self-made bomb of the power of more than 1 kg of TNT exploded at Moscow's Cherkizovsky Market frequented by foreign merchants. In 2008, eight members of the racialist organization The Saviour were sentenced for their roles in...

. Media reports indicate that the market, located near Cherkizovsky, was targeted due to its high volume of Central Asia

Central Asia

Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...

n and Caucasus

Caucasus

The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...

clientele.

Four members of The Saviour were sentenced to life imprisonment, while four others received lesser prison terms.

Sources

• Russian court jails market bombers Al Jazeera. 15 May 2008.
• Racist bombers sentenced to life for market blast Russia Today.