‘Lynching is a mistake’: Officials in the Moscow region shut down migrant dormitory following protests over local woman’s murder

An anti-migrant protest erupted in Buzhaninovo, a village in the Moscow region, on the evening of September 13. This came after local news outlets published a letter from a reader, claiming that two migrant workers were detained on suspicion of raping and murdering a local woman. State investigators later confirmed the arrests in the murder case, laying charges against two unnamed foreign citizens on September 14. The crowd of several hundred demonstrators gathered outside of a migrant dormitory in the village and didn't disperse until local officials promised to get the company that owns the dormitory to shut it down. The Moscow region's governor later ordered the dormitory's closure. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/09/14/lynching-is-a-mistake