Yury Chaika, Russian Prosecutor General, considers the xenophobic crimes and other extremist manifestations to be a threat to the national security and social stability.
In September, 2006 Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia, hosted International Conference “Dialogue of Cultures And Inter-Faith Cooperation” which brought together representatives of Council of Europe and religious leaders of traditional confessions in Russia. It was surely a perfect opportunity to learn how secular Europeans perceive the problem of Muslim integration in European states and to learn whether actually do they see it as a problem at all.