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    XENOPHOBIC CRIMES INCREASE POSSIBLE IN 2008 IN RUSSIA - HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS

    Russia & CIS General Newswire
    January 30, 2008 Wednesday 10:58 AM MSK

    Fourteen people have been killed in xenophobia-driven crimes in Russia
    since the beginning of the year, Alexander Brod, director of the Moscow
    Human Rights Bureau and a member of the Public Chamber, told Interfax.

    "No fewer than 25 xenophobic attacks and fights, in which 14 people
    were killed and no fewer than 20 were wounded, have occurred in
    January," Brod said referring to results of an assessment by his
    human rights organization.

    The Moscow region, St. Petersburg and Togliatti are the "leaders"
    in terms of the number of crimes, he said.

    Four resident of Uzbekistan, two of Tajikistan, two of Kyrgyzstan,
    two of Turkey, one of Dagestan, and one of Armenia were killed in
    such attacks in 2008, Brod said.

    "The number of crimes proves that the activity of radical nationalists
    will remain high in 2008 and will probably exceed the sad record from
    last year as to the number of killed and injured in xenophobic crimes,"
    Brod said.

    The Sova analytical center, another human rights organization,
    highlighted its concerns about the growing number of xenophobic crimes
    a day earlier.

    Activists of the center presented the 2007 report, according to which
    69 were killed and some 600 were injured in 39 Russian regions.
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