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Hitler's birthday in Russia: neo-nazi demonstrations and attacks
This year, Hitler's birthday - 20 April - was marked by the intimidation of minorities, neo-nazi demonstrations and a heightened police presence in the main cities. Foreign students were asked not to leave their hostels for several days lest they should be attacked, a fact which casts doubt on the ability of the police to afford them adequate protection.
A 17 year old skater was murdered by a neo-nazi gang in Izhevsk
On March 27, a nazi gang attacked a group of skaters in Izhevsk (Udmurtia). Stanislav Korepanov, 17, was severely beaten and hospitalised in the attack and, though operated on, died four days later. As many as 400 young people attended a memorial meeting, on 3 April, at the location of the attack on him which had taken place late in the evening in the city centre, only a hundred meters from the palace of the President of Udmurtia.