KRASNOYARSK YOUTHS CONVICTED OF HATE CRIME

Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, DC
March 12 2007

Two youths were convicted of a hate crime in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
according to a March 6, 2007 report by the Regnum news agency. The
youths attacked an ethnic Armenian and were found guilty of violating
Article 282 of the criminal code ("Actions aimed at the incitement
of ethnic or religious discord"). One received a suspended sentence;
the second defendant was dispatched to a mental hospital for compulsory
treatment. It is not clear from the report if the youths were members
of an extremist group.