Statistics of racist and neo-nazi crimes in Russia
In the period of January 1 - July 31, 2007, in Russia, at least 310 people became victims of racist and neo-nazi crimes, 37 of them died. Last year in the same period there were 252 victims, 21 of them dead. So the number of victims has increased by 22% and the crimes have become more violent. Moscow, 24 murdered and 93 injured people, and St. Petersburg, 5 murdered and 63 injured, remain the major centers of racist violence.