Russian Nationalists seek ban on Jewish groups

A group of 500 Russian nationalists, including 19 members of parliament, has written to the prosecutor-general asking him to ban all religious and ethnic Jewish organisations as "extremists". The group wrote that the hatred of Jews was justified and argued that most criminal cases of ethnic hatred were started by Jews while "Russian patriots" were simply acting in self-defence. The letter went on to say "Let us assure you, Mr Prosecutor-General, that there are a large number of well-established facts which lead to the indisputable conclusion: the negative assessment by Russian patriots of typical Jewish qualities and actions against non-Jews are based on true facts and what is more these actions are not accidental, but prescribed by Judaism and have been practised over the past 2000 years. Therefore, statements and publications against Jews are self-defence, which may not be stylistically correct, but justified in its essence."