Alarming rise in hate crime prompts call for action http://www.russiatoday.ru/news/news/28383
Human rights activists are calling for new measures to tackle hate crime following the release of figures which show the problem has doubled in the last year alone. The alarming findings reveal that 73 people have died from racially motivated attacks in 2008, with more than 200 incidents in total. The Slav Union is typical of the kind of organisation behind the problem. It calls for Russia to get rid of ethnic minorities. http://www.russiatoday.ru/news/news/28383