A Russian synagogue was desecrated. Extremist slogans and swastikas were painted on the walls of the
shul in Voronezh on Saturday night, according to the Interfax news agency. The attack follows a March 6 incident in which vandals
toppled 20 headstones in the southwestern Russian city’s Jewish
cemetery.
The region’s first deputy prosecutor, Nikolay Tretyakov, began legal
proceedings based on Russian laws against vandalism and “public calls to
extremist actions” after visiting the scene with a local investigative team. No suspects have been detained.
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