Uzbek Worker Killed, Amnesty Int'l Calls Violent Racism "Out of Control" In Russia
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It was in response to a wave of racist attacks in 2006 that Amnesty International said that Russian violent racism was "out of control". The four youths are expected to be charged with racially motivated murder later this week.
Russian police have detained a group of youths suspected of killing an Uzbek migrant worker while filming the attack on a mobile telephone.The four are supporters of far-right extremist groups and are suspected of inflicting fatal stab wounds on the victim out of racial hatred, the agency said, citing prosecutors in the southern Russian region of Orenburg.
Russia has seen a spate of violent racist attacks that tap into widespread resentment against immigrants - many dark-skinned Muslims from ex-Soviet states - coming to Russia in large numbers to work in the booming economy.
It was in response to a wave of racist attacks in 2006 that Amnesty International said that Russian violent racism was "out of control". The four youths are expected to be charged with racially motivated murder later this week.
