Neo-Nazis publish ‘death list,’ vow to assassinate enemies. A Russian neo-Nazi group in February published a “death list” naming dozens of journalists, scholars and human rights activists. Members of the group that calls itself BTO have vowed to murder everyone on the list by the end of the year. “They said they were going to kill me and my colleagues for the work we are doing,” said Galina Kozhevnikova, the head of the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis, a Russian human rights watchdog group. The death list was posted on Feb. 8 on the Internet and E-mailed to most of BTO’s targets. Kozhevnikova and others told interviewers they’re taking the threats seriously. And they have good reason to do so. In just the single month before the list arrived in their inboxes, 14 people in Russia were murdered in racist hate crimes or assassinated by neo-Nazis for political reasons. (…) Online, Russian neo-Nazis celebrated the double murder, calling the killer a hero and saying they would toast the murders with champagne. A week later, Novaya Gazeta published information from Russian neo-Nazi websites reflecting the rise of Russian neofascist groups and the impunity with which they operate. In 2008, at least 113 immigrants were murdered in racially motivated attacks.
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