Prosecutors in St. Petersburg, Russia officially warned a Jewish
school on the grounds that it supposedly violated the law by requiring
pupils to prove Jewish ancestry, according to an October 23, 2009
report by the Regnum news agency. Prosecutors from the city's Vyborsky
district cited the "Menakhen" school after receiving a complaint that
its policy of excluding pupils who cannot prove that their mothers are
Jewish is discriminatory and against the Constitution, which
guarantees equal rights, regardless of ethnic or religious
affiliation. According to the report, the school changed its policies
"voluntarily" after receiving the warning. According to a report by
the Sova Center, the far-right Movement Against Illegal Immigration
initiated the complaint that started the investigation into the
school.
