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Mark asks: I am traveling to St. Petersburg next month as a tourist. I am African American..should I have any concerns?
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Yes, large Russian cities like Moscow and Saint-Petersburg and some others have problems with racial intolerance. The statistics for 2009 is (total numbers for all the country, the most incidents happened in several large cities) 215 acts of aggression, 74 people killed, about 300 wounded.

So if you are traveling in group don't leave it, in group you will be safe in most of the cases. Also I think you should not have night or evening walks alone and not in the central parts of the city. Also you should be careful visiting night clubs, bars as the places of higher risks of having an accident.

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Cherkessk, Russia

Cherkessk (also spelled Cherkesk) is a city in Russia, the capital of Karachay-Cherkessia Republic. Cherkessk is located close to the Caucasus, on the right bank of the river Kuban. The population of the city mostly... More...

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