The events in Ukraine in 2014 have been partly the reason for the decreased activity of the nationalists in Russia, according to information-analytical centre " Sova ", which is engaged in studying the problems of xenophobia and nationalism. The number of cases of violence due to xenophobia slightly decreased.
on Wednesday took place the Presentation of the new report " Owls " on xenophobia, radical nationalism and respond to it in Russia in the first part of 2014.
The activities of nationalist organizations in Russia in this period was largely determined by the Russian involvement in the Events in Ukraine, to the report. According to experts, Russian nationalists have been active in conducting public events in the beginning of the year - as long as the conflict in the neighbouring state has not passed in an acute stage.
" as the Events in Ukraine were driven out of the political agenda everything else, public activity of right-wing began to decline. Besides, the Ukrainian issue has split the ultra-right field, leaving on different sides of the barricades those who saw in the new Kyiv authorities Bandera, who oppressed Russians from South-Eastern regions of the country, and those who saw in Kiev sample nationalist revolution ", - is said in the report.
in addition, the interest To the main topic of speeches of Russian nationalists - anti-migrant - declined for the first time for most of the years opinion polls recorded a decline in the level of xenophobia in Russian society, the report says Owls." Attempts nationalists to compensate this reduction of interest through the application of relevant Ukrainian subjects difficult to recognize successful, " according to experts. However, the relevance of the conflict in Ukraine sooner or later will fall, and, in the opinion of specialists, the interest in " classic ethnonationalistic agenda " will return.
according to the information center, the criminal activity of the extreme right in Russia in the beginning of 2014 was slightly lower than for the same period last year. In General, experts attribute temporary reduction of criminal activities also focus on the Events in Ukraine, in addition, some of the ultra-nationalists went to take part in hostilities, the report says.
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