A plaque commemorating Jewish life in 19th-century St. Petersburg was vandalized recently with the graffiti “Kikes, Get Out of Russia,” according to the Union of Councils for Jews in the FSU. City authorities have yet to clean the memorial. Meanwhile, the local branch of the political party Yabloko has announced its participation in a city-wide effort to rid the city of racist and fascist graffiti, according to local media.
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