Russian Militancy Appears Effective
By Max Musson: Following violent clashes between police and nationalist demonstrators in Moscow over the last few days, Moscow police have moved to arrest as many as 1200 immigrants across the capital in an effort to defuse tension. Last Sunday night’s rioting in the southern Biryulyovo residential district of Moscow erupted after hundreds of Russians gathered at the spot where Egor Shcherbakov, 25, was stabbed and killed in front of his girlfriend on the previous Thursday…
Violent Protests Spur Moscow Authorities into Action
By Max Musson: Keen not to see a repeat of the violent nationalist demonstrations that shook Moscow three years ago, the police and authorities have reacted quickly in the hope of placating angry Russians furious at the continuing wave of murders committed by immigrants and by the continuing presence of large numbers of central Asian immigrants in their city. In the latest round of protests, residents of the Biryulyovo district in southern Moscow took to…