Galina Kozhevnikova, the deputy director of the Sova nongovernmental organization, said that 40 such attacks were recorded in Russia over the past three months.
She said racially motivated crime was growing in Russia.
Theodoros Pangalos, the rapporteur on Russia in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, on April 5 urged Russian lawmakers to pass laws toughening the punishment for racially and ethnically motivated crimes.
(Interfax, AFP)