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A neo-nazi leader detention in Moscow
July 24, 2006, in Moscow, Dmitry Demushkin, the leader of an extreme rightwing neonazi group called "Slavyansky Sojuz" (or SS) was detained for several hours.
Four young men found not guilty of the racist murder in St. Petersburg
July 25, 2006, in St. Petersburg, the jury found four young men not guilty of the September stabbing death of a Congolese student Roland Epassak, 29.
President Vladimir Putin approved the amendments to the law "On Countering Extremist Activity."
On July 28, 2006, president Vladimir Putin approved the amendments to the law "On Countering Extremist Activity." The amendments have raised great concern within civil society in Russia, but the criticism seems not to have been taken into consideration as the bill moved quickly through the State Duma (lower chamber of parliament): the first, second, and third readings were held on June 28, July 7, and July 8, respectively. On July 14, the Council of Federation (upper chamber of parliament) approved the bill, even though some of the senators surprisingly criticized it for representing a threat to civil rights.
Cyprian Blamires. Review of :Fascism Past and Present, West and East;
Review of the new book: Roger Griffin, Werner Loh and Andreas Umland, Eds. Fascism Past and Present, West and East: An international debate on concepts and cases in the comparative study of the extreme right. With an afterword by Walter Laqueur. Stuttgart: Ibidem-Verlag, 2006.