TWO MOSCOW REGION RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH HATE CRIME
Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, DC
Oct 10 2007
Two residents of the Mosow region are facing hate crimes charges
after police detained them in connection with an attack on an ethnic
Armenian, according to an October 9, 2007 report by the national
daily Gazeta. The victim of the attack, identified as a 29-year-old
resident of Likino-Dulevo, was beaten by two men who attacked him with
baseball bats while allegedly shouting racist insults. The suspects
are not in pre-trial detention, despite the severity of the crime,
but have signed written pledges not to leave town until their trial.