April 25, 2002 - 23:04 AMT
KRASNODAR TERRITORY COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES APPLIED TO RUSSIAN FEDERATION PRESIDENT REGARDING TERRITORY GOVERNOR'S DISCRIMINATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST PEOPLE OF ORIGINS OTHER THAN SLOVENIAN
«Arminfo» news agency, with reference to Russian media, reports the representatives of the community of the Krasnodar Territory have applied to the Russian President regarding the discrimination campaign against people of origin other than Slovenian carried on by Territory's governor Aleksander Tkachev. The massage states «the community of Kuban, representatives of right protecting organizations of the region are displeased with the actions of governor Aleksander Tkachev, who carries on persecutions toward people of origins other than Slovenian as well as toward people who are not Orthodox believers including those who are citizens of Russian Federation». The message also states, every day thousands of Armenians, Turks-Meshetins, Kurds and Gypsies as well as Catholics, Protestants are full of fear of possible forced migration, fines. Regulations banning registration of these people according to the place of their residences are adopted, difficulties for the realization of the right for self-determination as a citizen of Russian are raised.