March 2008. An Overview of the Situation
In March 2008, in Russia, there were not less than 31 racially motivated attacks on 40 people, including 10 fatalities. In total, in 2008, not less than 39 people died and 112 were injured in 14 regions of Russia. Moscow stays the major center of violence with 24 people murdered and not less than 63 injured, including 5 murdered and 20 injured people in March. Obviously, because of the big number of deadly crimes, the information about minor incidents remains underreported. In particular, in St.