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Racism In Russia Reportedly Kills Six, Injures 79 This Year
April 05, 2006
Khursheda Sultonova, a nine-year-old Tajik girl killed in a racial attack in St. Petersburg in February 2004 (file photo) (Courtesy Photo)
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)