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СтопХам | |
Formation | founded 2010 |
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Founder | NASHI |
Type | Social movement |
Key people | Dmitrii Chugunov |
Volunteers | more than 100 |
Website | http://stopxam.tv/en |
StopXam (Russian: СтопХам), also spelled StopHam and known as Stop a Douchebag, 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 mode of operation of the activists 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 spit on everyone, I park where I want" (Russian: Мне плевать на всех, паркуюсь где хочу), attributed to the 'Federal Programme Against Arrogance on Roads', on car windshields of non-cooperative traffic offenders.
The name of the organization derives from the Russian slang term хам (kham), referring to a boor or lout but more abusive; a person who behaves in a crude disgusting way without respect for him/herself or others; the closest English term would be scumbag. The term is a reference to the Biblical Ham.[2]
A number of incidents involving activists of the movement have garnered significant public attention.[3][4][5][6]
On 21 March 2016, by the Moscow City Court's decision the organization was liquidated.[7] However, on 2 September 2016, the Supreme Court of Russia cancelled the decision.
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