Human Rights Center Memorial
The SOVA Center for Information and Analysis

public statement

No to Negotiations With Neo-Nazi

On January 28, 2009 mass-media reported that Kyrgyzstan ambassador to Russia Raimkul Attakurov conducted two official meetings with Dmitry Demushkin - the leader of the national-socialistic organization "Slavic Union". According to an interview of the Ambassador (in Russian: http://delo.ktnet.kg/2009/03/07.shtml), Raimkul Attakurov discussed the issues concerning recent numerous attacks on Kyrgyz nationals in Russia.

Memorial and SOVA express sincere condolences with the attacks. However, the organizations believe that such negotiations lead to public legalization of nationalistic and neo-Nazi activists.

Full Russian text of the Public Statement is published on-line on HRC Memorial website: http://www.memo.ru/2009/01/30/3001091.htm

January 30, 2009