Surge in Hate Crimes Puts Focus on Bigotry in Russia. /
Mark McDonald.
- KRT News Service, 2002.
- SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Article 35. Human Relations, 1522-3248; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Originally Published: Surge in Hate Crimes Puts Focus on Bigotry in Russia, July 19, 2002; pp. n.p..
"The latest rash of assaults on foreigners began last spring [2002]. Some of the early violence was carried out by skinhead and ultra-nationalist groups....Other incidents--attacks on synagogues, cemetery vandalism, outright assaults--have been happening all across Russia." (KRT NEWS SERVICE) This article examines the rise in hate crimes and racism in Russia.