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RIA Novosti – Russian Official: Dangerous Growth of Racial Hate-Groups

By • May 28th, 2009 • Category: Notes

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 [...]



Interfax – Extremism Up

By • Apr 29th, 2009 • Category: Notes

YEKATERINBURG April 29 (Interfax) – The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has said it is concerned over a surge in the number of extremism-related crimes in the country, primarily in Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Urals region. The number of such crimes soared by 44% to 160 in the first quarter of 2009 year-on-year, Deputy Prosecutor [...]