Galina Kozhevnikova. Autumn 2007: Nazi Raids, Russian Marches, and Putin as Schtirlitz

Edited by Alexander Verkhovsky

Wе publish our seasonal report on radical nationalism and counteraction to it in autumn 2007. As usual, the report is based on the results of the SOVA Center daily monitoring.

Summary
Manifestations of Radical Nationalism : Violence : Activities of Radical Nationalist Organizations : Xenophobia on Behalf of the State
Counteractions to Radical Nationalism : Activities of Non-Governmental Organizations : Criminal Prosecution of the Right-Wing Radicals
Excessive and Unfounded Actions against Extremism

Summary

Most of the trends which we have described earlier continued in the autumn of 2007.

Racist and neo-Nazi violence were both on the rise, and by the end of November the number of victims had exceeded that which was reported in 2006.