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Ksenofobiia, Svoboda Sovesti i Antiekstremizm v Rossii v 2008

Sbornik Ezhegodnykh Dokladov Informatsionno-Analiticheskogo Tsentra "Sova"

Galina Kozhevnikova (1975-2011) was the assistant director of the research center SOVa, the leading specialist in studies of xenofobia and nationalism, a unique expert in neonationalism in Russia. This is the third annual report of the SOVA Center on this topic. The report summarizes all the major areas of research by the Center for Information and Analysis in 2008. The first report addresses pressing issues, such as the growth of nationalism, hate crimes, and the efforts of government and society to combat these problems. The second report focuses on the increasingly visible tendency to misuse freedom of speech and conscience legislation. It explores various cases and areas relating to freedom of conscience in contemporary Russia: religious practices, army, penitentiaries, etc. The third report analyzes unjustified use of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in 2008. Appendices include statistical data and the cases which were tried by Russian courts on extremist charges. Previous reports are also available.