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Vice Governor of the Saratov Region on youth extremism in the region
On December 27, 2011, Vice Governor Alexander Babichev, at the 51st regular meeting of the Saratov Regional Duma, announced that no manifestations of youth extremism had been registered in the region this year.
It is not entirely clear what the vice-governor meant by “youth extremism.” (For what an extremist crime is, see the SOVA Center’s information “ On extremist crimes ”).
The SOVA Center is aware of the following crimes committed in the region in 2011, including by young people:
In August 2011, a fight broke out between Kurds and local residents in the village of Tselinny, Perelyubsky district, Saratov region.
In May 2011, in Saratov, at the intersection of Zheleznodorozhnaya and Rabochaya streets, a group of teenagers attacked a 23-year-old young man with “non-Slavic appearance.” The beating was accompanied by " extremist shouts ."
In addition, the SOVA Center is aware of the following sentences handed down in 2011 in the region:
In December 2011, in Saratov, a sentence was passed under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred) to 21-year-old Andrei Borisov, who was accused of having created a xenophobic group on one of the social networks in August last year, on whose pages he posted video files, “ the names of which may contribute to the humiliation of human dignity based on nationality .”
In September 2011, the Volzhsky District Court of Saratov recognized the candidate for City Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the leader of the movement “For a Free Volga!” Vladimir Maslov is guilty under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity) for anti-Semitic posts on agency forums.
Sources
- Babichev: “No youth extremism has been registered in the region” // Saratovnews. 2011. December 27.