Allowing the law to lapse under these conditions would be a mistake. How pervasive is antiSemitism? According to Sergei Sirotkln. former Deputy Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights under the President of the Russian Federation. "Xenophobia and antiSemitism in Russia are not just a reality but a growing and spreading reality." In testimony before the House Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights of the Committee on International Relations. Sirotkin claimed that approximately 150 periodicals that propagate Ideas of fascism. extreme nationalism. xenophobia. and antiSemitism exist knd that between 1992 and 1995 the number of these publications tripled. In his testimony. Sirotkin cited a newspaper with national circulation called the Day which wrote: "The Jews are not a nation but a sect of degenerates." Even worse was the response from Moscows Deputy Public Prosecutor who. according to Sirotkin. said the statement did not contain anything insulting to Jews.
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