StopXam

StopXam
СтопХам
Formationfounded 2010
FounderNASHI
TypeSocial movement
Key people
Dmitrii Chugunov
Volunteers
more than 100
Websitehttp://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.

  1. ^ The official YouTube-channel of the organization.
  2. ^ Gogolitsyna, Natalia (25 January 2019). 93 Untranslatable Russian Words. Russian Information Service. ISBN 9781880100097 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Video of Moscow Parking Brawl Goes Viral". ABC News. 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "По факту драки у ТЦ "Европейский" завели дело о хулиганстве". Lenta.ru. 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  6. ^ "Elections Official in Hot Water for Cursing at Activists (Video)". The Moscow Times. 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  7. ^ RBTH; Chulkovskaya, Yekaterina (4 April 2016). "StopHam: The end of the road for Russia's parking vigilantes?". www.rbth.com.

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