2009

On June 10, 2009, Russian Federation, at the 11th session of the UN Human Rights Council, finished its report on Universal Periodic Review. We publish a table with the UN recommendations and Russian responses concerning issues of racism, xenophobia and extremism.

In May, 2009, not less than 22 people, including 5 fatalities, became victims of hate motivated violence. In all, from the beginning of the year, there have been 147 victims of such attacks, including 30 fatalities (in 2008, in the same period of time, there were 307 victims, including 66 fatalities).

In April, 2009, not less than 15 people, including 2 fatalities, became victims of racist and nationalistic attacks. In all, from the beginning of 2009, not less than 23 people died and 98 were injured (in the same period of time, in 2008, 66 people died and 207 were injured).

In March, 2009, not less than 16 people became victims of hate motivated violence, including 4 fatalities. In the same period of time, in 2008, not less than 58 victims, including 13 fatalities, were reported. In all, from the beginning of 2009, 21 people were murdered and 70 were wounded.

On 17 March, 2009, a roundtable on combating anti-Semitism: :Current Trends and Challenges in the OSCE Region; took place in Vienna. It was organized by ODIHR OSCE.

In February, 2009, not less than 26 people, including 2 fatalities, became victims of racist and neo-nazi attacks. To compare, in February, 2008, we registered not less than 71 victims, including 18 fatalities. The decrease is partly due to the active work of the law enforcement bodies: there were several nazi skinhead groups detained in the winter months. However, the fact that there have been no incidents reported since February 12, is suspicious.

Dear colleagues , as an experiment, we start translating our monthly summary into German language. Today we publish the summary for January, 2009. In future, we plan to create a German page on our website.

Im Januar 2009 wurden nicht weniger als 39 rassistische Übergriffe verübt, infolge derer 14 Menschen starben. (Im Januar 2008 gab es nicht weniger als 59 Angriffe auf Menschen, wobei 15 Personen starben.)

In January 2009, not less than 39 people, including 14 fatalities, became victims of racist and neo-nazi violence (in January 2008, there were not less than 59 victims, including 15 fatalities).

On January 28, 2009, some of Mass Media reported that Raimkul Attakurov, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Kyrgyzstan to Russia, had twice hold a meeting with Dmitry Dyomushkin, the leader of :Slavic Union; (SS) national-socialist organization. According to the interview with Attakurov at a Kyrgyz newspaper :Delo Nomer; (http://delo.ktnet.kg/2009/03/07.shtml), the ambassador had meetings with one of the neo-nazi leaders in connection to the multiple racist assaults on Kyrgyzstan nationals in Russia. We publish a common statement of "Memorial" and "SOVA" Center concerning this case.