MOSCOW. March 2 (Interfax) - Two people have been killed and at least eight have been injured in Russia since the start of the year in attacks motivated by xenophobia and ethnic hatred, the right center Sova told Interfax on Monday.
"The incidents occurred in Moscow, in the Moscow region and in St. Petersburg. At least four people were targeted in xenophobic and neo-Nazi attacks in February alone," Sova, an organization doing special monitoring, said.
"Twenty-seven people as a minimum were killed in Russia in such attacks in 2014, and 122 others were injured and beaten up," Sova spokesperson Natalya Yudina told Interfax.
The main victims of the ultra-right forces' attacks are natives of Central Asia and the Caucasus, and representatives of youth sub-cultures and sexual minorities, according to rights campaigners.
The frequency of xenophobic attacks is the highest in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Sova said.