Last year, 20 people became victims of crimes motivated by xenophobia in Russia, the human rights center Sova reports.Xenophobic crimes took place in 32 regions of Russia, at least 173 people were injured, Interfax quotes representatives of Sova.The majority of crimes took place in Moscow (8 dead, 53 injured) and St. Petersburg (3 dead, 32 injured). There are many victims in the Lipetsk region (4 killed , 9 injured), Chelyabinsk, Moscow (8 injured) and Sverdlovsk regions (2 dead, 4 injured).Among the victims of such crimes are natives of Central Asia (13 killed, 39 injured) and the Caucasus (3 dead, 26 injured).As previously reported by Vestnik Kavkaza, in December last year the Public Chamber published a draft report expressing concern about the situation with xenophobia in the country
Last year, 20 people died as a result of crimes motivated by xenophobia in Russia, the human rights center Sova reports.
Xenophobic crimes took place in 32 regions of Russia, at least 173 people were injured, Interfax quotes representatives of Sova.
The majority of crimes took place in Moscow (8 dead, 53 injured) and St. Petersburg (3 dead, 32 injured). There are many victims in the Lipetsk region (4 killed , 9 injured), Chelyabinsk, Moscow (8 injured) and Sverdlovsk regions (2 dead, 4 injured).
Among the victims of such crimes are natives of Central Asia (13 killed, 39 injured) and the Caucasus (3 dead, 26 injured).
As previously reported by Vestnik Kavkaza, in December last year the Public Chamber published a draft report expressing concern about the situation with xenophobia in the country
