MOSCOW, Russia – In relation to the recent attack on the Synagogue at Bolshaya Bronnaya in Moscow, members of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation have adopted a resolution, on strengthening the struggle against nationalism and extremism in Russia, at the initiative of Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar.
"No public figure should be allowed to display any form of people-hating ideology
Any display of hatred or violence, any extremist or nationalist statements must become the end of one's political career and social activity," read the resolution by members of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, which was adopted on January 18th at a meeting of its working group.
In the opinion of representatives of the Public Chamber, "the time has come to re-consider a series of laws with the aim to put a barrier to nationalist and extremist propaganda."
Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar, who is a member of the Public Chamber, explained that, in this resolution, members of the Public Chamber recalled that the recent assault at the Moscow Synagogue at Bolshaya Bronnaya was committed by a young man who had read "Mein Kampf" and anti-Semitic literature, which continues to be freely distributed in Russia's capital.
The Public Chamber has called upon "Russian society and all its civil institutions to unite efforts in order to create an atmosphere of intolerance and unacceptability of such a destructive ideology."
At the same time, the resolution underlines that members of the Public chamber "are waiting for police agencies, the Prosecutor's office and courts to adopt adequate and actual measures for neutralizing and isolating society from the leaders and participants of extremist groups, as well as their ideologies and instigators."
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