Head of the Federal Migration Service: “Recently, manifestations of xenophobia, extremism and racial hostility have become more frequent”
On February 19, 2009, the head of the Federal Migration Service (FMS), Konstantin Romodanovsky, at a collegium of the department in Moscow, stated that "manifestations of xenophobia, extremism and racial hostility have recently become more frequent . " The head of the FMS added that " "the growth of such facts on the part of youth informal associations that promote anti-immigration sentiments is especially disturbing .