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Members Of Russian Skinhead Group Jailed
December 14, 2005
A Skinhead protest in Russia (file photo) (AFP)
The members of the Mad Crowd (Bezumnaya Tolpa) group were accused of beating up foreigners, including people from the Caucasus, in a series of attacks in 2002 and 2003.
The St. Petersburg city court sentenced five of the defendants to between two and three years in a penal colony. One defendant was given a suspended sentence.
Today's ruling comes less than a week after the court in St. Petersburg sentenced the leader of another skinhead group that used to beat up people from the Caucasus to six years in prison.
(lenta.ru/Interfax)