Posted on 07/29/2011 1:07:09 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has formed an inter-departmental commission headed by the country''s Interior Minister to combat home-grown extremism in the backdrop of Norway-like massacre.
According to the Kremlin, the commission will develop measures to prevent manifestations of extremism and remove those conditions which fuel it.
The commission will also include 16 heads of other ministries and agencies - from the Federal Security Service (FSB), Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) to the ministries of Culture and mass communications.
The Russian social networking site vKontakte, the home grown copy of Facebook, had to shut its services for some time after it was flooded with comments hailing the Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik as a hero and expressing support for his ideas.
Presiding over the first meeting of the commission today, Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev recalled last week''s tragic events in Norway saying they "have once again shown how dangerous extremist views are today, how destructive they are.
"One of the main goals of the commission is to coordinate the activities of federal bodies and regional authorities in fighting individuals and groups who incite xenophobia or are involved in extremist activities," he said.
Hundreds of dark skinned foreigners and non-ethnic Russians have fallen victims to the racial violence in big cities by the ethnic-Russian neo Nazi and hate groups over last few years.
The Russian authorities finally had to act against extremism and xenophobia after riots on Manezh Square right under the nose of the Kremlin and State Duma in December last year, when hundreds of soccer fans clashed with police over the killing of their fellow fan in a street brawl by natives from the North Caucasus.
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Russia - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with representatives of different faiths, ethnic and public organisations - "Let me reiterate: in today's world, there are things that have become shaky and have started to burst at seams. But we simply cannot allow anything like this to happen on our soil. If we let this happen, it will be disastrous for the future of Russia. The platform that brings us together, the Popular Front, was established for the exact purpose of uniting people of different faiths and ethnicities so as to be able to identify the problems that are facing us and come up with the best ways to address them in an open and honest discussion. The name itself the Russian Popular Front emphasises the idea that every man or woman of any religious or ethnic background should realise that he or she is part of a single multi-ethnic Russian nation, is a citizen of Russia, and should be proud of it." - Vladimir Putin
Coming soon to an Obama Dictatorship near you...
Too late.
They already had one in Chechnya.
I would have thought that Beslan would have been enough of a motivator for the Russians.
Worldwide totalitarianism is coming, and fast. We can already see sides being picked. While the USA is diddling in the ME, Afghanistan, and now Libya; Russia and China are forming coalitions and seem to be cooperating in their attempts to disable American influence around the world.
I honestly believe the only international community that cares about us is Australia, and I think they’re far enough away that Bamster won’t be vacationing there.
No security measures will change, but there may be restrictions on the press.
Opportunity knocks and Russian rule answers.
what all these people seem to be missing is that it IS Islam that is at the core of the problem . Militant , proselytizing , aggressive , migratory , no birth control Islam and muslims are causing people everywhere to become freaked out by their own misguided Liberal Left politicians and political parties and movements , who like stupid sheep , throw the door open to those that will eventually cannibalize their countries and own historic cultures . I am actually very surprised that it took so long for someone to just snap and pick up a rifle and/or build a truck bomb . These Libs just keep pressing and pressing and think that whatever THEY want , or see as a model for the future of humanity is what everyone should want . Where they get this I do not know . What I do feel it that Norway will not be the last of it , and it’s only the beginning .
Meanwhile the muz friendly apologist will milk this for every ounce of sympathy . All the while , our true enemy are sharpening their knives and swords . Our weakness must astound them . Happily so....
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