MINELRES: Bigotry Monitor: Volume 4, Number 12 (content)
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Volume 4, Number 12
Friday, March 26, 2004
BIGOTRY MONITOR
A Weekly Human Rights Newsletter on Antisemitism, Xenophobia,
and Religious Persecution in the Former Communist World and Western
Europe
EDITOR: CHARLES FENYVESI
(News and Editorial Policy within the sole discretion of the editor)
Published by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union
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RUSSIA URGES NO 'NAMING AND SHAMING' ON HUMAN RIGHTS
LAWMAKERS REACT TO RACIST ATTACKS
MOSCOW SKINHEADS ACCUSED OF KILLING HOMELESS MAN
AFRICAN STUDENT NOT KILLED BECAUSE OF RACE, POLICE SAY
PUTIN CONCERNED WITH CHINESE IMMIGRANTS
ETHNIC ALBANIANS ATTACK SERBS IN KOSOVO
FRANCE TO USE CENTRAL FILTER AGAINST WEB HATE
GERMAN POLICE TARGET NEO-NAZI MUSIC ON THE INTERNET
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RACISM AND AUTHORITARIANISM APPEAL TO MANY RUSSIANS, POLLS SHOW
A Tale of Two Polls
Pollsters may now use the same methodology regardless of their
nationality or the home base of the polling organization, but they ask
the same questions in different ways. Nevertheless, the answers present
similar pictures of the communities polled, as in the following two
polls.
1. Two thirds of Russians hold favorable views of Jews, while one
quarter hold unfavorable views, according to a survey by the Pew Global
Attitudes Project survey released earlier this month. Regarding Muslims,
the views of Russian respondents were 53% favorable and 38% unfavorable.
The Washington-based polling group surveyed about 1,000 people
face-to-face nationwide in Russia from February 19 to March 3. The
samples had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5%.
2. Russians acknowledge considerable intolerance toward Jews and other
minorities and they mistrust the West, according to a poll by the
Moscow-based Expertisa Institute in February. They also have a marked
preference for authoritarian and nationalist rule, according to a study
published on March 16. The poll was completed before the March 14
elections that saw President Vladimir Putin capture 71% of the votes
cast, winning a second term.
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