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In an act of political retalation, Russian officials are now systematically targeting ethnic Georgians for deportation. This is in response to the recent spy scandal in Georgia, where several Russian officers were arrested, angering Moscow.
Disgusting racism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/07/world/europe/07moscow.html?ref=worldRussia Deports Georgians and Increases Pressures on Businesses and Students
MOSCOW, Oct. 6 — Russia deported 153 citizens of Georgia on Friday as a wave of punitive measures against Georgian migrants and businesses grew, prompting criticism that the government is carrying out an ethnically motivated campaign of harassment.
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The police, who had already begun to shutter some businesses linked to Georgians, searched and closed still more on Friday, including two more casinos and two of Moscow’s better-known Georgian restaurants, according to officials and news reports.
At least some schools in Moscow received requests from the police to list students with Georgian names, presumably to help in identifying illegal immigrants, prompting a complaint from an education official, Lyubov Kezina.
Disgusting racism.