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RUSSIA: JUSTICE MINISTER KRASHENINNIKOV NAZIS PRESS CONFERENCE

(31 Jul 1998) Russian/Nat The Russian government has proposed legislation that would ban all Nazi symbols, literature and videos. During Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, Soviet citizens were forced into manual labour for the Third Reich. Yet in the last few months, Moscow has seen an increasing number of racist attacks by members of neo-Nazi groups. Since the fall of the Soviet Union many different opposition groups have flourished in Russia. Alongside various human rights organizations, fascists and extremists have also expanded membership and sounded their calls. Most members of the neo-fascist movement are young skinheads who are openly racist and call for driving ethnic minorities out of Russia. Members of these groups gather weekly in Moscow for meetings and demonstrations. In the wake of an increasing number of hate crimes and vandalism, Russia's Justice Ministry is taking steps to prohibit some neo-Nazi propaganda. The new bill would ban swastikas and related symbols. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) "All sorts of Nazi paraphernalia including swastikas and propaganda are sold freely in Russia and there are groups that openly sell and flaunt these symbols. Unfortunately in Russia there is almost no legislation preventing this." SUPER CAPTION: Pavel Krasheninnikov, Justice Minister According to human rights groups and neo-Nazi organizations, there are about four thousand neo-fascists in Moscow. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) "The situation surrounding Nazis in Russia has significantly worsened and we have decided that some laws are very much needed, especially that there would be a law against the Nazi symbol as well as Nazi propaganda and literature." SUPER CAPTION: Pavel Krasheninnikov, Justice Minister The bill must be approved by parliament to become law, and Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko called for speedy action by the legislature. But neo-Nazis and fascists will not lose their right to gather nor to register as a social groups -- something that is protected by the Russian constitution. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...