BBC: Meeting the far-right ultra-nationalist skinheads of Russia

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For several months, opposition protests in Russia have given liberal anti-Putin Russians an opportunity to make their feelings heard. However, it is not just liberals who have been out on the streets but other groups too, including far-right nationalists.

They call themselves skinheads - although shaven heads are no longer mandatory. In recent years skinheads have been held responsible for many of the far right attacks on immigrants across Russia. Many of the perpetrators have been locked up. Some have since been freed.

"I think immigrants should be housed in separate workers' villages," he told me. He went on to explain how he felt they were sponging off society and putting Russian women in danger of attack.

It is part of the lawlessness of Russia - a country where the armed ultra-nationalists seem to have almost been given free rein to take the law into their own hands. These men all take the same anti-immigrant view as Tesak, but some are better educated and articulate their campaign more effectively.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19434795

[faridul33]

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