Members of an obscure Russian far-right group wearing Ku Klux Klan-style outfits demonstrated outside the U.S. Embassy in Moscow in support of U.S. militia groups. Russian commentators were surprised that local authorities had permitted the demonstration in a central Moscow district. Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov recently launched a citywide campaign against extremists of all stripes.
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