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21st January 2016, 07:52 PM
https://www.rt.com/politics/329517-putin-offers-russia-refuge-to/
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President of Austrian Jewish Community Ariel Muzicant and President of European Jewish Congress Viatcheslav Kantor during President Vladimir Putin's meeting with representatives of the European Jewish Congress in the Kremlin, January 19, 2016. © RT
As a rising wave of anti-Semitic attacks engulf Europe, the Russian president has offered European Jews protection by proposing that they immigrate to Russia.
In a meeting with members of the European Jewish Congress in the Kremlin, the president of the congregation complained to Vladimir Putin about the rising anti-Semitism across Europe that has manifested itself in an increased number of attacks against Jews.
Focusing on the tragic events in France last year Vyacheslav Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress (ECJ), said that European Jews are facing mass discrimination, the biggest since the end of World War II.
"The position of Jews in Europe today is the worst since the end of World War Two. Jews [are] gripped by fear and the very real new Exodus of Jews from Europe," Kantor told Putin.
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https://cdn.rt.com/files/2016.01/original/569f3e7ac461889d738b459e.jpg
President of Austrian Jewish Community Ariel Muzicant and President of European Jewish Congress Viatcheslav Kantor during President Vladimir Putin's meeting with representatives of the European Jewish Congress in the Kremlin, January 19, 2016. © RT
As a rising wave of anti-Semitic attacks engulf Europe, the Russian president has offered European Jews protection by proposing that they immigrate to Russia.
In a meeting with members of the European Jewish Congress in the Kremlin, the president of the congregation complained to Vladimir Putin about the rising anti-Semitism across Europe that has manifested itself in an increased number of attacks against Jews.
Focusing on the tragic events in France last year Vyacheslav Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress (ECJ), said that European Jews are facing mass discrimination, the biggest since the end of World War II.
"The position of Jews in Europe today is the worst since the end of World War Two. Jews [are] gripped by fear and the very real new Exodus of Jews from Europe," Kantor told Putin.
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