The President of the Russian Federation discussed issues of interethnic relations with students

October 20, 2011 President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev at the Faculty of Journalism of the Moscow State University (MGU) met with students from various Russian universities and representatives of youth organizations. (Out of 279 participants 60 people represented the pro-Kremlin Nashi movement). The topic of conversation was questions of international relations.

According to the President, " The state must be strong and united ." "In all criminals, extremists, separatists should not be divided along ethnic lines, but they should be punished, and not feel protected by the law or some groups ,” he said. In addition, D. Medvedev sharply condemned the statements like "stop feeding the Caucasus."

According to the President, on control in the bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs consists of 55 ethnic criminal groups, 7 of which have an extremist orientation. (It is not clear which groupings are meant).

The outcome of the meeting was a proposal "create a federal agency for interethnic relations or a forum with participation of representatives of national minorities "which D. Medvedev is ready to lead " no matter in what capacity ".

Sources

• Meeting with students and representatives of youth organizations // Official website of the President of the Russian Federation. 2011. October 20.