A court in Nizhny Tagil, Russia (Sverdlovsk region) sentenced two young men to four months and six months in prison respectively after finding them guilty of actions aimed at the incitement of ethnic hatred, according to an April 28, 2008 report by the Sova Information-Analytical Center. Sergey Suprikov and Leonid Diky were also fine 16,000 rubles for attacking a Kyrgyz man on June 12, 2007 after overhearing him speak Kyrgyz with a friend and demanding that he speak Russian. The men spat in his face and then broke two bottles over his head. The victim managed to run away to safety and his attackers were detained by police.

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