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 Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:45 am Putin taps into a growing anti-minority fervor |
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| Quote: | Alexander Belov is leader and chief ideologist of the unabashedly racist, street-based Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI). But he's no fringe character. In fact, his group is Russia's fastest-growing political sensation.
Critics have long alleged that DPNI is a Kremlin creation, designed to redirect popular dissatisfaction toward ethnic scapegoats.
Still, many Russians were surprised last week when President Vladimir Putin took a page straight out of Mr. Belov's book.
In the midst of a political standoff with the former Soviet republic of Georgia, Mr. Putin authorized a crackdown on Georgian-owned businesses, called for tougher curbs on immigration, and said non-ethnic Russians should be prevented from operating in the marketplaces.
"What Putin said is exactly what Belov has been saying; the main theme is Russia for the Russians," says Alla Gerber, president of the Russian Holocaust Foundation, a human rights group. |
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