The head of the Russian Orthodox Church today (December 14, 2010) called on authorities, society, and religious organizations to join efforts in fighting the spread of radical views, according to the RIA Novosti (Russian) website.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia spoke following Saturday's riots in downtown Moscow, sparked by the death of a football fan killed in a street brawl by a dark-skinned internal migrant from the North Caucasus a week ago who said it had been self-defense.
Kirill said, "Fighting radicalism is the path to be followed to get inter-ethnic relations out of the dangerous state they are in."
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has also urged a clampdown on clashes caused by racial, national, or religious hatred, as such acts "threaten the stability of the state."
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