An anti-Fascist organization in the southern Russian city of Novorossiysk received threats, and the walls of its headquarters were covered with anti-Semitic slogans and swastikas, according to the Union of Councils for Jews in the FSU. The group, known as the School of Peace, recently criticized local officials for not taking adequate steps to stop the activities of right-wing extremists.
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