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Moscow Town Council delegate Yuriy Popv again calls to discriminate against immigrants


Moscow Town Council delegate Yuriy Popov, who is notorious for his xenophobic initiatives, distributed a letter to the voters in his electoral district through the mailbox. In this letter he asks how concerned they are about problems like �crimes by illegal immigrants� and the �drastic changes of the composition of the townspeople�.

Delegate Popov sees immigrants as a real threat to national safety: Some foreign countries, including those of the former Soviet Union, �allow their envoys large and cheap credits so they can consolidate their grip on the economy here, and afterwards rise to power.�

Popov again calls to pass special laws about safety in Moscow and about the priority of �the Russian population�. Also, he wants to change the legislation in force to prohibit non-citizens of the Russian Federation who permanently live in Moscow being elected for a position in the local authorities.

[15.06.2005]

Source: The Analytic Information Center "Sova"

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