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SOME 200 ASSAULTS THROUGH NATIONAL HATRED COMMITTED IN RUSSIA THIS YEAR
PanARMENIAN.Net
01.08.2008 14:54 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Some 200 assaults through xenophobia and national
intolerance have been committed in Russia this year, resulting in
73 deaths.
According to Alexander Brod, director of the Moscow Bureau for Human
Rights (MBHR), Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sverdlov region are leading
with such crimes.
The number of radical nationalist activists in Russia reaches 60
thousand.
Most of assaults are committed against natives of Caucasus and Central
Asia as well as representatives of sexual minorities, RFE/RL reports.
PanARMENIAN.Net
01.08.2008 14:54 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Some 200 assaults through xenophobia and national
intolerance have been committed in Russia this year, resulting in
73 deaths.
According to Alexander Brod, director of the Moscow Bureau for Human
Rights (MBHR), Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sverdlov region are leading
with such crimes.
The number of radical nationalist activists in Russia reaches 60
thousand.
Most of assaults are committed against natives of Caucasus and Central
Asia as well as representatives of sexual minorities, RFE/RL reports.