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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/4/2007 3:13 PM
Russians Humiliate Chechens in Moscow
Publication time: 1 January 2007, 10:19
On a recent Sunday morning, three busloads of Russian teenagers wearing green armbands emblazoned with the word "Locals" stormed into a bustling produce market in this Moscow suburb, screaming "Down with migrants!"
They stalked past aisles of dried fruit and pickled garlic, singling out traders with non-Slavic faces and demanding to see passports and proof that their produce was safe. Some of the teens looked to be as young as 14. Though they had no authority, they carried on like immigration agents, barking out demands and commandeering the market for nearly two hours.
"They were humiliating us, and I don't know why," said Zoya Abdullayeva, 40, a citizen of the Russian-occupied Chehcnya who sells cabbage ...
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