Galina Kozhevnikova. Autumn explosion of xenophobia in Russia: media effect or reality
The second half of the fall of 2004 was marked by a surge of violence, noticeable even to an uninterested observer. Only for the period from October 14 to December 1, there were reports in the press about five murders, one attempted murder and 18 beatings, which had a pronounced ethno-nationalist, racist character [1] . Among the victims, in addition to Russians and citizens of the CIS countries, were citizens of Vietnam, China, Congo, Egypt, Cameroon and other countries.