RUSSIAN CITIZEN ARMENIAN BY ORIGIN VIOLENTLY BEATEN UP IN KRASNODAR

Krasnodar, August 23. ArmInfo. A group of youngsters attacked an
Armenian in the center of Krasnodar, in the corner of Kommunarov and
Gorky streets, approximately at 10:00 PM on August 21.

Yerkramas, the newspaper of Armenians of Russia, told ArmInfo the group
consisted of about 15 youngsters at the age of 18-22, as witnesses
say. The Armenian was violently beaten up after he tried to protect
a woman from the group that attacked her shop. The man was beaten as
long as he lost consciousness. He was hospitalized with concussion
of the brain and numerous injuries.

Witnesses say the youngsters cried nationalist slogans like "Let’s
clear Kuban from the black" and "Russia is for Russians." It is
noteworthy that witnesses applied to a nearby guard department,
which, however, made no response to their cries for help, the
newspaper reports.