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[1] Vyacheslav Likhachev, Ksenofobiya v Ukraine: Materialy Monitoringa 2007-2008, Kyiv, May 2008, p. 10.

[2] Human Rights First correspondence with the Diversity Initiative, August 2008.

[3] The Council of Europe, European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, Third Report on Ukraine, CRI(2008)4, para. 117, February 12, 2008, http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_rights/ecri/1-ecri/2-country-by-country_approach/Ukraine/.

[4] Thomas Hammarberg, “Hate crimes—the ugly face of racism, anti-Semitism, anti-Gypsyism, Islamophobia and homophobia,” Viewpoints, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, July 21, 2008, http://www.coe.int/t/commissioner/Viewpoints/080721_en.asp.

[5] The United Nations, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, “Conclusions and recommendations of the Committee against Torture: Ukraine,” CAT/C/UKR/CO/5, para. 15, August 3, 2007, http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G07/433/65/PDF/G0743365.pdf?OpenElement.

[6] Amnesty International, Ukraine: Government must act to stop racial discrimination, EUR 50/005/2008, July 10, 2008, http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR50/005/2008/en.

[7] Vyacheslav Likhachev, Ksenofobiya v Ukraine: Materialy Monitoringa 2007-2008, Kyiv, May 2008, p. 8.

[8] Waleed Ziad and Laryssa Chomiak, “A lesson in stifling violent extremism,” the Christian Science Monitor, February 20, 2007, http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0220/p09s02-coop.html.

[9] Evhen Golovakha, Andriy Gorbachyk, and Natalia Panina, Ukraine and Europe: Outcomes of International Comparative Sociological Survey, Kiev: Institute of Sociology of NAS of Ukraine, 2007, pp. 133-135.

[10] The Council of Europe, European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, Third Report on Ukraine, CRI(2008)4, para. 117, February 12, 2008, http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_rights/ecri/1-ecri/2-country-by-country_approach/Ukraine/.

[11] “Black community appeals to Ukraine president,” IOL-News, June 11, 2008, http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=24&art_id=nw20080611183440636C414575.

[12] The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, “Ukraine: UNHCR condemns murder of Nigerian,” UNHCR, June 3, 2008, http://www.unhcr.org/news/NEWS/484563402.html.

[13] “Lutsenko: za ubijstvom bezhentsa iz Afriki stoit bol’shaya organizatsiya skinhedov,” Unian News Agency, March 12, 2008, http://www.unian.net/rus/news/news-240789.html.

[14] East European Development Institute, “Tri ubijstva na pochve rasovoi nenavisti s nachala 2008 v Ukraine,” In The Same Boat, no. 6, March 6, 2008, http://www.eedi.org.ua/rus/SameBoat-Russ-06-08.doc.

[15] The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, “UNHCR concerned over the murder of an asylum seeker in Ukraine,” Press Briefing, February 1, 2008, http://www.un.org.ua/en/news/2008-02-01/.

[16] Kseniya Zalutskaya, “Podozrevaemye v ubijstve kongoleztsa hranili risunok ‘ubej immigranta,’” Segodnya.Ua, March 03, 2008, http://www.segodnya.ua/news/914393.html.

[17] Vyacheslav Likhachev, Ksenofobiya v Ukraine: Materialy Monitoringa 2007-2008, Kyiv, May 2008, p. 16.

[18] Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, “Antisemitism and Xenophobia Spreads in Ukraine: Kiev Monitor Compiles a List of Incidents,” the Bigotry Monitor, vol. 7, no. 23, June 22, 2007, http://ucsj.org/stories/062207BM.shtml.

[19] Aleksandr Leschenko, “V Desnyanskom rajone Kieva snova ubili temnokozhego inostrantsa,” Fakty, October 18, 2007, http://president.org.ua/news/news-173394.

[20] Vyacheslav Likhachev, Ksenofobiya v Ukraine: Materialy Monitoringa 2007-2008, Kyiv, May 2008, p. 12.

[21] “V Kieve goryat afrikanskie rynki,” NEWSru.com, November 3, 2006, http://www.newsru.com/world/03nov2006/skini.html.

[22] U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2007: Ukraine, March 11, 2008, http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2007/100590.htm.

[23] Oleksandr Kutsiy and Bohdan Prihodko, “Shulyavski torgovtsi zahischayut’ rinok za barikadami,” Gazeta Po-Ukrains’ki, April 04, 2007, http://gpu.ua/index.php?&id=160182&eid=358.

[24] Margarita Ilyina, “Pozhar v Kieve na Shulyavke mozhet byt’ sledstviem razborok,” Novyi Region, April 24, 2007, http://www.nr2.ru/crimea/116240.html.

[25] Elisabeth Sewall, “Racist Attacks on Rise,” Kyiv Post, June 18, 2008, http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/29140/.

[26] “Nigerian stabbed in Ukrainian racist attack,” the Punch, February 23, 2008, http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200802231223734.

[27] Vyacheslav Likhachev, Ksenofobiya v Ukraine: Materialy Monitoringa 2007-2008, Kyiv, May 2008, p. 18.

[28] Vyacheslav Likhachev, Antisemetizm i ksenofobiya v Ukraine, yanvar’—iyun’ 2007: hronika prestuplenij na pochve nenavisti, the Congress of National Communities of Ukraine, http://www.kngu.org/KongrUkr/news%2007-07/antisem01-07-2007.htm.

[29] Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, “No Racist Violence in Kyiv, Police Chief Says,” the Bigotry Monitor, vol. 8, no. 9, February 29, 2008, http://listserv.shamash.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0802&L=BIGOTRYMONITOR&P=R1576.

[30] Vyacheslav Likhachev, Ksenofobiya v Ukraine: Materialy Monitoringa 2007-2008, Kyiv, May 2008, p. 18.

[31] “Skinheads,” Orange Ukraine, January 20, 2008, http://orangeukraine.squarespace.com/journal/2008/1/20/skinheads.html.

[32] Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, “Neo-Nazis Attack African-American in Kiev,” the Bigotry Monitor, vol. 8, no. 3, January 18, 2008, http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/011408Ukraine.shtml.

[33] Vyacheslav Likhachev, Ksenofobiya v Ukraine: Materialy Monitoringa 2007-2008, Kyiv, May 2008, p. 19.

[34] Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, “More Violence Against Minorities in Ukraine,” the Bigotry Monitor, vol. 7, no. 49, December 28, 2007, http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/122807BM.shtml.

[35] Vyacheslav Likhachev, Ksenofobiya v Ukraine: Materialy Monitoringa 2007-2008, Kyiv, May 2008, p. 16.

[36] Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, “Rabbi and Two Students Attacked in Cherkassy,” the Bigotry Monitor, vol. 7, no. 38, October 5, 2007, http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/100507BM.shtml.

[37] “Antisemitic Attack on Rabbi Wolf,” Agentstvo Evrejskih Novostej, September 30, 2007, http://www.aen.ru/?page=article&category=anti&article_id=659&PHPSESSID=5maagi2rth263d235cnm5sivg0.

[38] Nickolai Butkevich, “Jew-Hatred Is on The Rise in the Land of Pogroms,” Forward, October 17, 2007, http://www.forward.com/articles/11836/.

[39] “V Zhitomire snova izbili evreev,” Zhitomyr City Journal, August 8, 2007, http://zhzh.info/news/2007-08-08-1547.

[40] Nickolai Butkevich, “Jew-Hatred Is on The Rise in the Land of Pogroms,” Forward, October 17, 2007, http://www.forward.com/articles/11836/.

[41] Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, “New Incident in Zhitomir; Chief Rabbi Publicly Complains,” the Bigotry Monitor, vol. 7, no. 32, August 24, 2007, http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/082407BM.shtml.

[42] Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, “In Ukraine, Two Racist Incidents,” the Bigotry Monitor, vol. 7, no. 29, August 3, 2007, http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/080307BM.shtml.

[43] “Gomofobnyj kriminal v Cherkasskoj oblasti: parnya-geya ozbili i popytalis’ iznasilovat’ odnosel’chane,” LGBT Ukrainian Information Server, July 13, 2007, http://www.lgbt.in.ua/inform/example/?id=392.

[44] Russian Patriarchy, “Vandaly razgromili domovyj hram Svyato-Nikolaevskogo Ryhlovskogo monastyrya na Ukraine,” News Service, June 27, 2008, http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/428862.html.

[45] Human Rights First correspondence with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, August 2008.

[46] The European Jewish Congress, “EJC Condemns Desecration at Jewish Cemetery in Ukraine,” Press Release, April 22, 2008, http://www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=1624.

[47] Vyacheslav Likhachev, Ksenofobiya v Ukraine: Materialy Monitoringa 2007-2008, Kyiv, May 2008, p. 30.

[48] Vyacheslav Likhachev, Ksenofobiya v Ukraine: Materialy Monitoringa 2007-2008, Kyiv, May 2008, p. 25.

[49] Leonid Ivanov, “Musul’manskoe kladbische v Krymu razrushili kremlevskie kazaki,” Obkom, March 17, 2008, http://obkom.net.ua/articles/2008-03/17.1853.shtml.

[50] The Coordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism, “Ukraine—Jewish School Torched,” October 31, 2007, http://www.antisemitism.org.il/eng/events/25768/Ukraine_-_Jewish_school_torched.

[51] Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, “Antisemitism and Xenophobia Spreads in Ukraine: Kiev Monitor Compiles a List of Incidents,” the Bigotry Monitor, vol. 7, no. 23, June 22, 2007, http://ucsj.org/stories/062207BM.shtml.

[52] “Pogrom na evrejskom kladbische v Chernigove,” Agentstvo Evrejskih Novostej, May 27, 2007, http://www.aen.ru/?page=article&category=anti&article_id=655, citing Kommersant-Ukraine.

[53] Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, “Antisemitism and Xenophobia Spreads in Ukraine: Kiev Monitor Compiles a List of Incidents,” the Bigotry Monitor, vol. 7, no. 23, June 22, 2007, http://ucsj.org/stories/062207BM.shtml.

[54] “Vandalizm na bratskoj mogile,” Agentstvo Evrejskih Novostej, May 01, 2007, http://www.aen.ru/index.php?page=article&category=anti&article_id=653.

[55] Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, “Tension Rises Between Crimean Tatars and Neo-Nazis,” the Bigotry Monitor, May 4, 2007, http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/043007Ukraine2.shtml.

[56] Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, “Tombstones Toppled in Ukraine,” the Bigotry Monitor, April 27, 2007, http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/042707BM.shtml.

[57] Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, “Armenian Church Vandalized,” the Bigotry Monitor, vol. 7, no. 17, April 27, 2007, http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/042707BM.shtml.

[58] Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, “Ukrainian Jewish Cemetery Vandalized,” the Bigotry Monitor, vol. 7, no. 12, March 23, 2007, http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/032307BM.shtml.

[59] Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, “Two Ukrainian Holocaust Memorials Attacked,” the Bigotry Monitor, vol. 7, no. 10, March 9, 2007, http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/030907BM.shtml.

[60] Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, “Holocaust Monument, 240 Graves Defaced in Ukraine,” the Bigotry Monitor, vol 7, no. 8, February 23, 2007, http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/022307BM.shtml.

[61] Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, “Odessa Court Sentences Vandals of Jewish Cemetery,” the Bigotry Monitor, vol. 7, no. 31, August 17, 2007, http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/081007Ukraine.shtml, citing Unian News Agency.

[62] Vladimir Matveyev, “Ukraine Jews Wait for Significant Action on Antisemitism,” JTA Wire Service, November 3, 2007, http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=8815.

[63] “MVD privertae bil’sh vsyogo uvagi,” Khreschatik, April 20, 2007, http://www.kreschatic.kiev.ua/ua/3293/news/3647.html.

[64] Vyacheslav Likhachev, Antisemetizm i ksenofobiya v Ukraine, yanvar’—iyun’ 2007: hronika prestuplenij na pochve nenavisti, the Congress of National Communities of Ukraine, http://www.kngu.org/KongrUkr/news%2007-07/antisem01-07-2007.htm.

[65] Human Rights First correspondence with the Diversity Initiative, “List of government steps to address xenophobia and racism in Ukraine,” August 2008.

[66] Interfax, “Lutsenko prizyvaet sozdat’ programmu po minimizatsii ksenofobii i rasovoj neterpimosti,” Versii, June 25, 2007, http://www.versii.com/news/157956/.

[67] “Lutsenko ne hochet, chtoby L’vov prevratilsya v Chajnataun,” KorreposndenT, July 7, 2008, http://korrespondent.net/ukraine/events/515532.

[68] “Lutsenko: you may call me a racist,” Unian News Agency, July 07, 2008, http://unian.net/eng/news/news-262186.html.

[69] “Onischuk: zayavleniya o suschestvovanii v Ukraine rasizma nekorrektny,” Delfi, February 4, 2008, http://www.delfi.ua/news/daily/society/article.php?id=131484.

[70] Amnesty International, Ukraine: Government must act to stop racial discrimination, EUR 50/005/2008, July 10, 2008, http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR50/005/2008/en.

[71] Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, “Plan zahodiv MVS Ukraini schodo protidii rasizmu na period do 2009 roku,” November 29, 2007, http://www.mvs.gov.ua/mvs/control/main/uk/publish/article/83652.

[72] Amnesty International, Ukraine: Government must act to stop racial discrimination, EUR 50/005/2008, July 10, 2008, http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR50/005/2008/en.

[73] U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2007: Ukraine, March 11, 2008, http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2007/100590.htm.

[74] “MID vvel dolzhnost’ posla po voprosam bor’by s rasizmom i ksenofobiej,” RIA Novosti-Ukraina, November 13, 2007, http://rian.com.ua/ukraine_news/20071113/77810761.html.

[75] The Council of Europe, European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, Third Report on Ukraine, CRI(2008)4, para. 38, February 12, 2008, http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_rights/ecri/1-ecri/2-country-by-country_approach/Ukraine/.

[76] The Commissioner for Human Rights of Ukraine, “Ksenofobiya, rasizm i neterpimost’ v tsivilizovannoj evropejskoj strane nedopustimy,” Press Release, March 23, 2008, http://www.ombudsman.kiev.ua/pres/releases/rel_08_03_26_1.htm.

[77] The Commissioner for Human Rights of Ukraine, “Zayava Upovnovazhennogo z prav lyudini Nini Karpachovoi,” Press Release, July 25, 2008, http://ombudsman.kiev.ua/pres/releases/rel_08_07_25.htm.

[78] Mihail Sergushev, “Apellyatsionnyj sud Kieva prigovoril chetveryh kievlyan, zabivshih do smerti 31-letnego Kang Dzhonvonga, k 13 godam lisheniya svobody kazhdogo,” Fakty, May 16, 2008, http://www.facts.kiev.ua/2008/05/16/08.htm#1.

[79] Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, “For Fourth Time, Ukrainian Court Hands Down Hate Crimes Verdict,” May 19, 2008, http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/051908Ukraine.shtml.

[80] “New Report Shows Record Number of Attacks on Minorities in Ukraine,” Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, April 30, 2008, http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/043008Ukraine.shtml.

[81] Vyacheslav Likhachev, Ksenofobiya v Ukraine: Materialy Monitoringa 2007-2008, Kyiv, May 2008, p. 38.

[82] Vyacheslav Likhachev, Ksenofobiya v Ukraine: Materialy Monitoringa 2007-2008, Kyiv, May 2008, p. 18.

[83] Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, “Racist Violence Surges in Ukraine,” the Bigotry Monitor, vol. 8, no. 13, March 28, 2008, http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/032808BM.shtml.

[84] Human Rights First correspondence with Itoro Ebong.

[85] Anna Zhuravleva, “Toughening responsibility for extremism, xenophobia, antisemitism, racial and religious intolerance,” Coalition Against Hate, March 11, 2008, http://www.coalitionagainsthate.org/2008/03/11/toughening-responsibility-extremism-xenophobia-antisemitism-racial-and-religious-intolera.

[86] Vyacheslav Likhachev, Ksenofobiya v Ukraine: Materialy Monitoringa 2007-2008, Kyiv, May 2008, p. 34.

[87] The Verkhovna Rada, “Proekt Zakonu pro vnesennya zmin do Kriminal’nogo kodeksu Ukraini,” Draft Bill, March 28, 2003, http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb_n/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=32154.

[88] Vyacheslav Likhachev, Ksenofobiya v Ukraine: Materialy Monitoringa 2007-2008, Kyiv, May 2008, p. 22.

[89] Human Rights in Ukraine, “Proposed law would increase liability for propagandizing Nazism,” February 08, 2008, http://www.khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1202473605.