Racism and Xenophobia in February 2012
At least twelve people were injured, andtwo killed, as a result of racist and neo-Nazi attacks this February. Violentincidents were reported in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and the Vladimir,Volgograd, Moscowand Samara regions. Overall, at least 25 people fell victim toxenophobic violence this year in Russia, withtwo of those dying from their injuries. This month vandals damaged a monument tothe victims of Stalin’s repressions in St. Petersburg,and the local Kremlin in Kolomna.