Anti-Semitic manifestations from representatives of the authorities

Most anti-Semitic manifestations among the authorities were recorded from CPRF functionaries. Besides the examples given in previous sections of the report, it can also be noted that on June 4, G. Zyuganov sent a telegram to the Chairman of St. Petersburg Court V. Epifanova in support of the convicted nationalist K. Dushenov, attempting to put pressure on the court before Dushenov's cassation petition was examined.

Representatives of the executive branch of the authorities have also been sometimes found to be sympathetic to anti-Semites. The President of Federations of Jewish Communities of Russia noted in his talk at the “We” radio program of the “Echo of Moscow” station that the representatives of the authorities and the security agencies in the South Federal District hold an opinion that a Jewish community is “unnecessary” in the region. “There were a lot of problems... The FSB, putting it mildly, does not help, but instead hinders the development of Jewish life in the South Federal District.”