-Caveat Lector- > Background / Are Russian signpost bombings anti-Semitism? > > By Yossi Melman, Ha'aretz Correspondent > > Some time toward the end of July, Russia's ambassador to Israel, > Gennady > Tarasov, is expected to be summoned to a meeting with deputy foreign > minister Rabbi Michael Melchior. The Russian diplomat will be told of > > Israel's concerns regarding the spread of anti-Semitic incidents > since > the start of the year in Russia. > > The decision to summon the ambassador, who was appointed to the post > three months ago, was made Thursday after reports that a retired army > > colonel, Yury Antipenko, died when trying to remove a booby-trapped > sign > with anti-Semitic writing left outside his apartment block in the > town of > Baltiysk. > > Antipenko, 50, was out walking with his dog when he noticed an > offensive > sign outside the apartment block reserved for former military > personnel. > When he tried to remove the offensive sign, he and his dog were both > killed instantly, and a neighbor, Alina Gosva, 31, was seriously > injured. > > There have been two similar incidents in the past two months in which > > incendiary devices were attached to signs reading "Death to Jews" or > similar anti-Semitic slogans. In both cases, the device was made of a > > hand grenade and iron nails, designed to cause the maximum number of > casualties. > > Initial reports described the incident in which Antipenko was killed > as > another anti-Semitic attack, but there is increasing speculation that > the > motive for booby-trapping the sign - of which only a charred, mangled > > mass remained - was criminal. "This was no terror attack," said a > public > prosecutor in Baltiysk. "Chances are it was a payback attack with > criminal motives." > > Nonetheless, the modus operandi of this most recent attack is > strikingly > similar to the previous two cases, and to five other recent incidents > in > which "dummy" devices was attached to anti-Semitic signs, causing no > injuries. This similarity has led Russian interior minister Boris > Gryzlov > to declare that the Baltiysk attack "bears the hallmarks of > extremism." > > This "extremism" is the same sort of attack that the Amercans call > "hate > crimes" - violent political crimes for ethnic, religious or racial > reasons. Gryzlov said that in order to overcome this phenomenon, > every > branch of the police force must redouble its efforts to collect > intelligence about the perpetrators of these crimes. In addition to > the > police, the Russia Federal Security Service, the FSB, has started > investigating the bombings as well as the general trend of increasing > > manifestations of anti-Semitism. > > But the fight against these crimes is not limited to the police and > the > FSB. The Duma, Russia's elected parliament, recently approved a > proposal > granting security forces more sweeping powers to arrest and > interrogate > groups and movements involved in politically-motivated extremist > violence. The proposal is being reconsidered, however, following > criticism by human rights orgnizations who say it is too vague and > potentially harmful to non-extremist groups. In any case, the bill is > > still to be signed by President Vladimir Putin and will not come into > > effect for several months. > > Security sources in Russia are divided over whether the signpost > attacks > are linked, and whether one organization is behind all of them. The > alternative theory is that the bombings are simply a series of > non-related incidents. A former senior police office, General > Alexander > Grobev, who is now chairman of the Duma's security committee, > believes > that the attacks are linked. > > "The system used in each attack is identical," he said recently. > "There > are signs that point to this being a concentrated and precise > effort." > > In contrast, Oleg Nahiporenko, the head of Russia's official > anti-terror > branch, believes that the attacks are copycat bombings, inspired by > garish media reporting of the previous incidents. "Most of the > incidents > would seem to indicate that the perpetrators are imitating what they > saw > or heard in the media," said Nahiporenko. > > Whether the attacks are being orchestrated by one group or not, > Jewish > groups in Russia are pressing the government to pass the law, which > has > been tossed around the Russian legislature for the past seven years. > > Concern among Russian Jewry and Israeli sources monitoring > developments > has grown in direct relation to the growing number of attacks. There > have been a total of 40 anti-Semitic incidents since the start of > 2002, > including the desecration of Jewish cemeteries, arson, street attacks > > against Jews, anti-Semitic graffiti and threats mailed to prominent > Jews. > > > > http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo= >6194&contrassID==1&subContrassID==8&sbSubContrassID==0&listSrc==Y
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