A book of speeches by a Russian governor known for his anti-Semitic statements was published in his home region of Krasnodar, according to the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. The 460-page book features comments by Nikolai Kondratenko, such as “We will scatter the Zionist mafia in Krasnodar. They will get smeared onto the wall.”
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