Authorities of St. Petersburg have allocated from the municipal budget funds to complete the restoration of the Cathedral mosque and the restoration of furniture of the Great Choral synagogue. On December 18, 2013, it became known that the St. Petersburg authorities have allocated 44.5 million rubles for the continued restoration of the Cathedral mosque.
Galya was a daring and passionate person. Trained as an archive researcher, she went on to make her mark as expert in the field of nationalism and xenophobia in Russia.
Galya suffered a hard disease but went on with her work to the last.
We will soon publish Galya’s last review on xenophobia and racism in Russia in 2010.
The SOVA Center
Preliminary data for the year 2010 show that in 44 regions of Russia, racially motivated attacks resulted in the deaths of 37 people, with no fewer than 368 injured. In December alone, racist and neo-Nazi violence resulted in the deaths of two people, and the injury of another 68. Compare to December 2009, when three were killed and 22 wounded.
