Skinheads sentenced for staging mock racial murder
Published: 16 January, 2009, 19:49
Two men have been sentenced by a Moscow court for fueling racial hatred and ethnic violence.
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Published: 16 January, 2009, 19:49
Two men have been sentenced by a Moscow court for fueling racial hatred and ethnic violence.