Paul Goble
Staunton, Mar. 13 -- At the end of Soviet times and in the beginning of post-Soviet ones, martial arts clubs played a key role in the formation of right-wing Russian nationalist gangs. Now, Sergey Mironov, head of the Just Russia-For Truth Party, says they are places where Muslims are being radicalized.
He says tat there are on the order of 500 such places in Moscow alone and that across Russia as a whole there are now "thousands" of such martial arts clubs doing just that ( ria.ru/20250312/mironov-2004440786.html and nazaccent.ru/content/43664-v-gosdume-prizvali-proverit-mma-kluby-na-predmet-podgotovki-radikalnyh-islamistov/).
Local officials in contrast often view these clubs in a positive way, Mironov says, because they are viewed as places which help to integrate Muslim migrants into the Russian milieu. But in fact, he insists, they are dangerous and must be investigated by prosecutors to protect Russia from being confronted by an Islamist revolt.
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