The history of racism in the Russian Federation
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- Emergency—Explosion of State and
Popular Racism follows Moscow Blasts
- By Lisa Taylor, International Solidarity with Workers in
Russia (ISWoR), 13 September 1999. Since the recent series
of bombings in Moscow and the south, the government and much
of the media in Russia have blamed Islamic terrorists. Many
have now gone much further down the road in inciting
wholesale violence against anyone with dark skin or of
Caucasian appearance.
- Moscow race hate ‘on the
rise’
- By Sarah Rainsford, BBC News, Tuesday 4 September
2001. Africans students and refugees in Moscow say they are
increasingly falling victim to violent attacks and police
harassment—and all racialy motivated. In Soviet times,
Moscow played host to thousands of students from all over
Africa. In those days they felt like welcome guests.
- Indifference to racism must be addressed
- International Secretariat of Amnesty International, News
Release, 19 April 2002. A vigorous response from the Russian
authorities
to racism is needed to stem the growing tide of attacks
against ethnic minorities. The victims of racist attacks are
often persons from Africa, Asia, Central Asia, the Caucasus,
including ethnic Chechens, and refugees and
asylum-seekers.
- Sociology in the service of
Islamophobia
- FsuMonitor.com, 24 April 2005. A new weapon in the campaign
to block the rise of Islam—specially commissioned opinion
polls clearly designed to inflame rather than simply measure
public opinion.