The Saviour (russian: Спас, also translated as Salvation or The Redeemer) was a militant

nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Th ...

organization which claimed credit for the August

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. Media reports indicate that the market, located near

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, was targeted due to its high volume of

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n and

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

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