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| | Antisemitism Worldwide 2001/2 - Russian Federation |
 | | Their activity is similar to that of skinhead groups in the West: physical attacks on foreigners in the streets and markets, sometimes resulting in murder, arson against hostels for foreigners and minorities, demonstrations, marches and disseminating racist propaganda. |
 | | Members of Islamist groups, including former students of Tatarstan seminaries, were involved with professional kidnappers in the abduction of Jews and Israeli citizens in Russia in the past. |
 | | Putin, who often refers to this subject, said, in a meeting with Jewish leaders on 19 March 2002, that if nationalist and religious xenophobia and extremism could not be stopped “we will not be able to preserve Russia as a state.” He repeated this in a speech to the people on 18 April 2002. |
| www.tau.ac.il /Anti-Semitism/asw2001-2/russia.htm (1791 words) |
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