In yesterday's news

Yesterday, I had one of those moments that make you do a double-take. Excerpt follows:

http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=133201550

In past attacks here, militants from the North Caucasus have been responsible. That's the volatile region of southern Russia where an Islamist insurgency is raging.

(Soundbite of demonstration)

GREENE: And in the wake of any incident like this, there is the fear of retaliation against people of Caucasian descent. They often have darker complexions and face routine discrimination in Russia. Ethnic tensions were already high last month, when nationalists staged a series of riots in central Moscow, chanting slurs against Caucasians and yelling out Russia is for Russians.

Unidentified Man: Russiya dla Russky.

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