The mayoralty campaign in a Russian city was marred by a candidate who called for the expulsion of all Jews from Russia, according to the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. Oleg Kitter, a former deputy mayor of Samara, is running for mayor there although he is standing trial for inciting ethnic hatred.
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