November 2010. Monthly Summary
In November 2010, 5 people were dead and at least 8
injured in racist and neo-Nazi attacks (in November 2009, 5 people were dead
and 27 injured). In all, from the beginning of 2010, 35 people in Russia were dead
and at least 297 injured in such attacks.
October 2010. Monthly Summary
In October 2010, one was dead and at least
16 people were injured in racist and neo-Nazi attacks (in October 2009, 4
people were dead and 28 injured). In all, from the beginning of 2010, 26 people
in Russia
were dead and at least 276 injured in such attacks.
September 2010. Monthly Summary
In September 2010, one was dead and at least 14 people were injured in
racist and neo-Nazi attacks (in September 2009, 9 people were dead and 36
injured). In all, from the beginning of 2010, 23 people in Russia were
dead and at least 241 injured in such attacks.
August 2010. Monthly Summary
In August 2010, at least 32
people were injured in racist and neo-Nazi attacks (in August 2009, 9 people
were dead and 48 injured). In all, from the beginning of 2010, 22 people in Russia
were dead and at least 203 injured in such attacks.
July 2010. Monthly Summary
In July
2010, at least 8 people became victims of racist and neo-Nazi attacks, namely
in Moscow and the region, in Vladivostok,
Voronezh, Kaluga
region, and Perm. In July 2009, one person was dead and 12 injured.
June 2010. Monthly Summary
In June
2010, a sharp decline of racist and neo-Nazi attacks was registered. A
young girl
from Yakutia became a victim of an attack in Moscow, a Krishnaite was
beaten in
Yaroslavl region and a female Jehovah’s Witnesses member in
Yekaterinburg. In the
same period of 2009, two people were killed and 29 wounded. Due to the
natural delay
of data collection, the current information on 2010 do not reflect the
real
situation. We now become aware of most of incidents at least one or two
months late.
A New Book of the SOVA Center
In June, 2010, the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis issued a new book in English under the title Xenophobia, Freedom of Conscience and Anti-Extremism in Russia in 2009: A collection of annual reports by the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis; [Verkhovsky Alexander, Kozhevnikova Galina, Sibireva Olga; translation - I. Savelieva] - М.: SOVA Center, 2010. - 131 pp.: tables (Academic publication).
May 2010. Monthly Summary
In May 2010, at least 25 people, including 3 fatalities, became victims of racist and neo-Nazi attacks. Beside Moscow (2 dead, 10 injured) and St. Petersburg (1 dead, 4 injured), incidents of violence were recorded in Samara (no less than 3 injured), Nizhny Novgorod (2 injured), Rostov-on-Don, Tver, and Izhevsk (one injured in each).
April 2010. Monthly Summary
In April 2010, at least 18 people, including 3 fatalities, became victims of racist and neo-Nazi attacks. Beside Moscow (1 dead, 6 injured) and St. Petersburg (5 injured), incidents of violence were recorded in Nizhny Novgorod (1 dead), Orel (1 dead, 1 injured), Saratov (1 beaten), and Ryazan (2 beaten). In April 2009, 3 people were dead and 27 more beaten or injured.
