RUSSIAN MIA: ISSUE OF XENOPHOBIA-MOTIVATED CRIMES ON IS TOPICAL NOT ONLY FOR OUR COUNTRY

ArmInfo
2009-04-15 13:18:00

ArmInfo. The issue of xenophobia-motivated crimes is undoubtedly
topical not only for our country, Minister of Internal Affairs of
Russia, Army General Rashid Nyrgaliyev said at today’s press-conference
in Yerevan when asked about the measures taken by MIA to prevent the
xenophobia-motivated crimes.

According to Nurgaliyev, the situation developed in Russia in 2007-2008
was analyzed, based on which a conclusion was drawn on the necessity
to reprofile the Department for fight against the organized crime. At
present, this Department is engaged in fighting against extremism,
including investigation of internationally and inter-confessionally
motivated crimes and the youth extremism which is associated with
the problem of xenophobia in some cases. According to the minister,
these are very topical problems both for us and other countries,
and here we "keep our eye on the ball".