The number of race-hate crimes, committed...

"Recent years have seen a steady rise in societal violence and discrimination against minorities, particularly Roma, persons from the Caucasus and Central Asia, dark-skinned persons, and foreigners. Although the number of reported hate crimes decreased during the year, skinhead groups and other extreme nationalist organizations fomented racially motivated violence," the document says.

A total of 12,900 racially or religiously motivated were registered during the year.

From 15,000 to 20,000 people are members of neofascist movements, and a total of 200,000 are involved in the activities of "extremist youth groups." As of last February, there were up to 70,000 skinhead and radical nationalist organizations operating in the country.

"Racist propaganda remained a problem during the year, although courts continued to convict individuals of inciting ethnic hatred by means of propaganda," it says.

The report said societal discrimination against ethnic minorities

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