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 [...]

MOSCOW Aug 14, (AFP) – Police in Russia have arrested a suspected serial killer accused of committing 15 murders in Moscow, news agencies reported on August 14. The 21-year-old man is being quizzed in connection with the killings of non-Slavic people over two years. “Police suspect him of having committed 15 murders in Moscow in [...]

MOSCOW May 28 (RIA Novosti) – Extremist groups in Russia including neo-Nazis are actively using the Internet to spread propaganda and recruit new members, contributing to the current rise in racist violence, a state prosecutor said. Vyacheslav Sizov told lawmakers: “Over the past few years, a steady rise in nationalist, racial and religious hate crimes [...]