Jewish groups in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar called on police to help remove anti-Semitic graffiti, according to the Union of Councils of Soviet Jews. At a meeting with police officials, local Jewish leaders expressed their concern over slogans like “Yids, get out of Russia” that have appeared on walls in the region.
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