SOWA center
| Информационно-аналитический центр "СОВА" Information and Analysis Center "SOWA" |
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| purpose | Information and research on nationalism and xenophobia |
| Chair: | Alexander Verkhovsky |
| Establishment date: | 2002 |
| Seat : |
Moscow Russia
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| Website: |
http://www.sova-center.ru/ (Russian) http://sova-center.ru/en (English) |
The information and analysis center "SOWA" (Russian Информационно-аналитический центр "Сова", English SOVA Center ) is a non-governmental organization in Russia . His research and publication topics are racism , nationalism and human rights in Russia .
The association reports on political nationalism on the part of Russian authorities in order to counteract extremism.
history
The SOWA center was founded in 2002 from the information and research center "Panorama" with the support of the Moscow Helsinki Group. Alexander Markowitsch Verkhovsky has been the chairman since then.
literature
- Galina Kozhevnikova, Stephen D. Shenfield, Alexander Verkhovsky, Eugene Veklerov, Andreas Umland: Ultra-Nationalism and Hate Crimes in Contemporary Russia: The 2004-2006 Annual Reports of Moscow's SOVA Center (Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society 77) , publisher ibidem, Stuttgart & Hanover; 2008, ISBN 3-89821-868-6
Web links
- Official website (English / Russian)