23:37, 19 October 2006

In Karelia, another cafe belonging to Caucasian natives set on fire

In the city of Olonets (Karelia), unknown persons set on fire bar "Ogonyok" (Ginger), belonging to natives of North Caucasus, the regional department of the Ministry for Emergencies ("MChS") informed.

According to the fire-fighting service, bar "Ogonyok" belongs to citizen Gelaev, resident of Olonets, who provides the premises of the bar into lease to entrepreneur Gasanov, the "Interfax" reports.

Earlier, the Bureau of the World Russian People's Sobor (WRPS) expressed its deep concern with the events in Karelian Kondopoga and draw attention of the law enforcement bodies of Karelia to "unsatisfactory situation with inter-ethnic relations in the cities of Olonets and Petrozavodsk, where the Chechens, who escaped from Kondopoga, moved to join their relatives." Currently, the largest Vainakh Diaspora in Karelia lives in Olonets.

We remind you that the cause of disorders in Kondopoga was a mass fight between locals and Caucasian natives, in the course of which Gregory Slizov, 27, and Sergey Usin, 32, a security of the Central District Hospital, were killed.