Events in Moscow 11th December 2010: Political Crisis

Autor(en): Emil Pain
Herausgeber: Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Serie: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Ausgabe: 93
Seiten: 7-9
Verlag(e): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute of History, University of Basel
Publikationsjahr: 2011

The clashes on 11 December 2011 in the Manezh Square in Moscow between ultranationalist groups, football supporters, migrant groups and the police, following the shooting of a football supporter by a migrant from the North Caucasus, demonstrated yet again that inter-ethnic tension and xenophobia continues to be a critical issue for Russia today. This article examines the way in which growing societal insecurity and discontent is being channelled and expressed through ethnic hatred, and anti-Caucasian and anti-Muslim feelings in Russia today.

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