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In an attempt to terrorise members of the Indian community, a neo-Nazi group has sent an email message to the Indian embassy in Moscow ordering Indians to quit Russia.
In a message signed 'Ivan' -- a common Russian name -- the Association of Russian Skinheads threatened to kill all aliens saying 'Russia is for Russians' and claimed that the police and the government were with them.
The Indian embassy has taken the threat seriously and advised members of the Indian community to take extra precautions. It has also approached the Russian foreign ministry for assistance.
Russia on the whole and Moscow in particular usually becomes the scene of ugly racial violence against non-whites in April when Russian neo-Nazis 'celebrate' Adolf Hitler's birthday.
But police authorities have denied any racial violence in the country and write off the numerous assaults on non-whites, including Caucasian minorities, to "common hooliganism".
According to human rights workers and experts of the Moscow Helsinki Group fighting to create a civic, democratic society in Russia, neo-Nazi attacks are not specifically directed against Indians, but against non-whites in general.
More and more Chinese, Vietnamese and Caucasians are becoming victims of racial violence, they said.
PTI
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