Racist leaflets in the Astrakhan region

In early April 2007, leaflets inciting ethnic hatred were found on a telephone pole in the village of Mikhailovka, Limansky District, Astrakhan Region.

"These leaflets depicted a man with a bright oriental appearance, depicting an obscene gesture with his hands ," the press service of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Astrakhan region reports. The leaflets also published a poem containing threats of "occupation" of the region, as well as the words: "cut out the local population" . Further, on behalf of an unknown nationalist group, there was an appeal to the villagers not to allow any of " the "occupiers to become masters of life .

In total, law enforcement officers found five leaflets.

on suspicion of producing and distributing leaflets Two vocational school students and one schoolboy were detained . A criminal case has been initiated.

Sources

• In the Astrakhan region, teenagers distributed extremist leaflets // Caucasian knot. 2007. April 3.