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Posts Tagged ‘hate-crime’

Russian Court Jails Nine Over Racist Killing

By • Mar 12th, 2010 • Category: Notes

MOSCOW March 11, (BBC) – Nine members of a Russian white supremacist group have been jailed for up to 22 years each in connection with the killing of a man from Cameroon. Three of the group, known as Simbirsk White Power, were convicted of the racially motivated murder of Etizok Ndobe Ernest in the city [...]



Africans “Under Siege” in Moscow

By • Sep 1st, 2009 • Category: Notes

MOSCOW Aug 31, (BBC) – Nearly 60% of black and African people living in Russia’s capital Moscow have been physically assaulted in racially motivated attacks, says a new study. Africans working or studying in the city live in constant fear of attack, according to the report by the Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy. Full story here at [...]



Skinhead Jailed for “Hitler’s Birthday” Murder

By • Sep 1st, 2009 • Category: Notes

ST. PETERSBURG Aug 31, (AFP) – A Russian court has jailed a skinhead for 11 years for stabbing a student to death he thought was anti-fascist on the anniversary of Hitler’s death, a court said on August 31. Vladimir Sosnikhin, 22, was jailed for killing the student on April 20, 2008, mistaking him and his [...]