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Central Asia news

Movement Against Illegal Immigration's xenophobic posters appeared in Moscow metro

03.05.2006 07:52 msk

Staff correspondent

"The United Russia is out to have Russia populated with immigrants from the Caucasus and Central Asia," Ferghana.Ru correspondent saw this poster in Moscow metro. With the following text in small print beneath, "The United Russia suggested amendments to the law on the legal status of foreigners in early March. These amendments permit foreigners to come to our country by the million without any restrictions, and to decide where they want to live and work here. It will lead to fewer jobs for the Russians, traffic, and ethnic crime."

Ferghana.Ru photo
Ferghana.Ru photo

The poster urges "fellow Russians" to "Dial 8 (945) 692-7289, the United Russia faction office in the Duma, and protest against amendment of the law on the legal status of foreigners in Russia. Do not be indifferent: Russia's future depends on you!"

The poster was signed by the Movement Against Illegal Immigration.

The banner of the size and type usually pinned on train doors depicts a weeping Russian girl and several faces of men from the Caucasus and Central Asia in the background.



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