A court in South Russian Kuban Region has liquidated a Christian religious group that used swastika and Nazi salute as part of the cult.
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April 10, 2007A teenage Russian immigrant arrested in U.S. on Monday said he was the leader of the local skinhead group and that the arrest had been made to prevent him from making a public speech, Thestarpress web-site reports.
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March 14, 2007A mass brawl in which three allegedly suffered was reported to have taken place in a commuter train outside Moscow, the Interfax news agency reports.
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March 12, 2007Jewish community`s office in Russian city of Ulyanovsk was vandalized by unidentified persons Monday.
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December 27, 2006
Amnesty International on Thursday urged Estonia to ease contentious language and citizenship laws that it said have alienated the Russian-speaking minority in the Baltic country.
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December 7, 2006
Members of a Hasidic Jewish movement may sue the Russian government in an effort to recover 18th-century religious writings and prayers seized by the Nazi and Soviet armies, the Associated Press reports.
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December 6, 2006
Xenophobia could destroy Russia unless it is countered by law enforcement and education, a senior Kremlin official told an analytical weekly Monday.
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November 21, 2006The Interior Ministry is currently monitoring 150 extremist groups in Russia, in particular race-hate groups, which have total membership of around 10,000, the minister said Wednesday.
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November 15, 2006A Ukrainian lawmaker has urged Kiev to deny entry to U.S. “white supremacist†and founder of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan David Duke from entering the country.Duke visited Kiev earlier this month to attend a conference on the history of Anti-Semitism. He also signed copies of the Russian edition of his book “The Jewish Question Through the Eyes of an Americanâ€.
Deputy of the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, Alexander Feldman on Tuesday criticized the government for letting such people as David Duke enter the country, whereas, for example, a Russian political analyst Gleb Pavlovsky was recently declared a “persona non grataâ€.
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October 31, 2006Far-right groups plan to hold rallies across Russia next month under the slogan “It’s our country†as human rights organizations warned of a mounting racist campaign to drive out foreign workers, the Reuters news agency reports.
Anti-immigrant sentiments have been widespread in Russia for years but this month President Vladimir Putin said the “native population†must be protected from “ethnic†criminals after a series of fights between Russians and migrants from former Soviet republics.
Police have since deported or arrested thousands of illegal immigrants mainly from city markets which are dominated by traders from Central Asia and the Caucuses.
Georgians have been particularly heavily targeted after a row last month over alleged Russian spies in Tbilisi reduced relations between the countries to a new low.
A group called Action Against Illegal Immigrants (DPNI) is the main organizer of rallies planned in 10 Russian cities on November 4. Anti-racism campaigners are planning a counter-protest on the same day in the Russian capital.
“You can’t speak of being Russian as a citizenship only. Native Russians must have priority in our country,†Alexei Mikhailov, one of the DPNI’s leaders told Reuters.
“We have about 10 million illegal immigrants and most of them are criminals,†he said.
The DPNI has emerged over the last few years as a self-styled far-right group which advises ethnic Russians on how to organize protests against immigrants. Its leaders say they are against violence but in September DPNI helped organize a protest in the northern town of Kondopoga after a fight between Russians and Chechens. The protest turned into a riot and the Chechen community fled the town.
Mikhailov said more needed to be done to protect white, European Russians from immigrants — many of whom come to Russia from Muslim ex-Soviet republics to Russia’s south and east.
Authorities in Russia’s main cities, including Moscow and St Petersburg, have still to decide whether to grant permission for the marches, but Mikhailov said they will go ahead regardless.
He said his group did not support violence but it was likely extremist skinheads would join the marches and there may be some violence. “Fascist groups are not welcome, but some of them will come and we expect provocations,†he said.
Anti-racism campaigners are also applying to city authorities in Moscow for permission to hold a march.
“It’s a fascist march in reality,†Lyudmilla Alexeyeva, head of the Helsinki Group human rights organization in Moscow, said of the DPNI’s plans. “They are not against illegal immigrants, they are against all foreigners.â€
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October 27, 2006
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