NEO-NAZI ARRESTED FOR VANDALIZING ARMENIAN CHURCH
Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, DC
Aug. 15, 2006
An arrest has been made in connection with an act of racist vandalism
directed against the Museum of Russian-Armenian Friendship in Rostov,
according to an August 9, 2006 report by the national daily Novye
Izvestiya. A local neo-Nazi has been detained, one of a group of
suspects, the rest of whom are at large. The suspect has a criminal
record, including charges of armed robbery and illegal weapons
possession. On July 31, vandals smashed windows and painted racist
graffiti inside the museum, which is located inside an Armenian church.