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| 9 Jailed in Russia for "ethnic slayings" |
| By alertnet.org |
| Published: 02/25/2010 |
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MOSCOW, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Nine people convicted of the ethnically motivated murder of Central Asian migrants were jailed for up to 23 years by a Moscow court on Thursday. The trial of the alleged members of a neo-Nazi group dubbed the "White Wolves" underscored the persistence of racist crimes by extreme nationalists and white supremacists in Russia. A Moscow City Court jury convicted the nine earlier this month of involvement in five murders and one attempted murder, according to SOVA, a Moscow-based non-governmental organization that tracks racist violence. Three defendants were acquitted, a court spokesman said. The only minor among those convicted was sentenced to 6-1/2 years in a juvenile prison. The others -- all young men -- were jailed for terms ranging from seven to 23 years. Read More. |
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