Xenophobia

Armenian Man Killed by Racists in Central Russia

An ethnic Armenian man was killed in Samara, Russia by someone who painted a racist slogan on the victim’s television set, according to a March 30, 2007 report by Sova Information-Analytical Center, quoted by Armenian News Network.

Popularity: 5% [?]

April 5, 2007

3 Turkish Citizens Hospitalized After Fight With 15 Young Nationalists

A mass brawl in which three allegedly suffered was reported to have taken place in a commuter train outside Moscow, the Interfax news agency reports.

Popularity: 4% [?]

March 12, 2007

Synagogue Defiled in Vladivostok, Russian Far East

Neo-nazis scrawled swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans on the walls of the main synagogue in the Russian city of Vladivostok on Friday.

Popularity: 6% [?]

March 2, 2007

Vietnam Presses Russia to Continue Student Murder Investigation

Vietnam has urged Russia to continue hunting for those involved in the brutal murder of a Vietnamese student in St. Petersburg in 2004 after the Supreme Court recently acquitted all 17 charged in the case.

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Mad Crowd Leader Gets 3 1/2-Year Jail Term

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The Pushkinsky federal court of St. Petersburg has convicted Ruslan Melnik, who, according to the investigators was one of the leaders of the extremist group Mad Crowd.

Popularity: 5% [?]

December 5, 2006

Russian Youth Group to Patrol Moscow Region, Detect Migrants

A Russian youth group plans to offer volunteer patrols for the region surrounding Moscow to help police fight crime and spot illegal migrants, its leaders said Thursday, the Associated Press reports.

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November 30, 2006

Cafe Set Ablaze in Alleged Race Hate Attack in Russia

A cafe in Petrozavodsk, capital of the republic of Karelia, was set ablaze early Friday, raising suspicions that the attack might be the latest in a series of race hate crimes that swept the region this fall.

Popularity: 3% [?]

November 24, 2006

11 Skinheads Arrested in Moscow

Eleven men suspected of a racially motivated attack on a Kyrgyz national this week have been detained near Moscow, RIA Novosti reports.

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November 21, 2006

Young Kyrgyz Savagely Beaten by Skinheads in Moscow

A group of skinheads severely beat a Kyrgyz man on a commuter train outside Moscow, the latest in a wave of attacks in on dark-skinned foreigners in Russia.

Popularity: 5% [?]

Kremlin Official Says Xenophobia Could Destroy Russia

Xenophobia Could Destroy Russia. Photo: EPA

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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