
Anti-Muslim repressions and kidnappings continue in Russia
RUSSIA, Moscow. In 2005, in 10 areas of the Russian Federation (Central Russia, the Volga Region, and Siberia) 39 people were held on charges in of so-called Islamic extremism, according to Vitaly Ponomarev, Director of the Central-Asian Program of the Human Rights Center Memorial, at a press conference, "Anti-Muslim Repressions in Central Russia" at the Independent Press Center.























