Anti-Semitic threats and hate crimes increased dramatically across Russia and became institutionalized in several regions during 1998 and 1999, the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews says. The group charges that the Communist Party has revived anti-Semitism on a national level, Jews cannot count on the police for protection and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s policies may lead to new threats to the Jewish community.
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