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English Language Page Nationalism, xenophobia and intolerance in contemporary Russia
PUBLISHED BY MOSCOW HELSINKI GROUP
The Report was prepared within the framework of the Project Human Rights Monitoring Network, implemented by the Moscow Helsinki Group in partnership with the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, the Netherlands Helsinki Committee, the Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and human rights organizations from 89 regions of the Russian Federation
Financial assistance for the Project Human Rights Monitoring Network is provided by the European Commission
The drafters of the Report also used materials and findings from projects supported by: Henry M. Jackson Foundation Open Society Institute US Embassy (Moscow)
Project Director: D. Mescheryakov
Chief Monitoring Coordinator: T. Lokshina
Individual Research Coordinators: I. Sergeeva & A. Verkhovky
Chief Editor: T. Lokshina
Rendered into English by: MBS Intellect Services Inc. Translation and Interpretation Agency
Editors: A. Kendall, J. Rideout, I. Sergeeva, Ph. Smaylovsky
Layout and Design: N. Kostenko, P. Sotkina
Copyright © 2002 by Moscow Helsinki Group All rights reserved
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FROM THE EDITORS
INTRODUCTION
T. Lokshina, S. Lukashevsky
RUSSIAN LEGISLATION AIMED AT COUNTERING NATIONALISM, EXTREMISM AND XENOPHOBIA
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE BASIS FOR COUNTERING RADICAL NATIONALISM AND OTHER FORMS OF RACIAL, ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE
V. Verkovsky
THE MOST RECENT LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES: DRAFT LAW “ON COUNTERING EXTREMIST ACTIVITIES”
A. Verkhovsky
APPENDIX: THE STATUS OF DOMESTIC LAW DIRECTED AGAINST NATIONALISM, RACISM, AND XENOPHOBIA
NATIONALISM, XENOPHOBIA AND THE STATE
THE PLACE OF XENOPHOBIA IN GOVERNMENT POLICIES
A. Verkhovsky
RACISM, NATIONALISM AND XENOPHOBIA AMONG POLICE OFFICIALS
A. Sokolov
NATIONALISM AND XENOPHOBIA IN PUBLIC AND POLITICAL LIFE
NATIONALISM, RACISM, AND XENOPHOBIA IN THE MASS MEDIA
T. Lokshina, S. Lukashevsky, A. Verkhovsky
RELIGIOUS XENOPHOBIA: WITHIN RELIGIOUS ORDERS AND BETWEEN RELIGIOUS ORDERS
A. Verkhovsky
NATIONALIST RADICALS IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA: IDEOLOGY, ACTIVITIES, AND RELATIONSHIP TO THE AUTHORITIES
V. Likhachyov
XENOPHOBIA IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS
A. Novikova
PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE GROUPS
CHECHENS
A. Sokolov
JEWS
A. Axelrod, T. Lokshina
MEKHETIAN TURKS
A. Ossipov
ROMA
S. Kulaeva
XENOPHOBIA IN SELECTED REGIONS OF RUSSIA
ALTAI TERRITORY
A. Goncharenko
CHECHNYA
A. Cherkasov
ST. PETERSBURG
A. Kulaeva, S. Lukashevsky
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