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This new freedom has led to the growing popularity of Pamyat, a Russian nationalist organization that preaches Slavic chauvinism and virulent anti-Semitism...
Founded in 1980, Pamyat (meaning "memory") was originally connected to the USSR Ministry of Aviation Industry, but is now independent of the government. The group's grassroots agitation against Jews is replacing state-run actions of the same kind...
...Pamyat's political platform blames all of Russia's problems on the nation's 1.8 million Jews. In its January, 1989, "Manifesto of the National-Patriotic Front Pamyat", Russia is described as the "Fatherland, which has been tortured and robbed by aggressive Zionism, talmudic atheism and cosmopolitan usury...
...TIME when people in the Soviet Union are beset with harsh economic and social realities, Pamyat's creation of a scapegoat has earned it a large popular following. Professor of Government Joseph S. Nye, Jr., speaking last month on post-Cold War foreign policy, speculated that Pamyat could conceivably win a plurality of Soviet votes in a truly democratic election...
...anti-Semitic actions, but not in a way that would comfort Jews: writer Stanislav Zolottsev has suggested that it is a provocation aimed at persuading American officials to allow more Soviet Jews to enter the U.S. as political refugees. However, the Moscow prosecutor has begun investigations to determine if Pamyat supporters should be charged with "inciting national and racial hatred and strife." If the inquiry results in a trial, it will be the first time the law has been invoked since Mikhail Gorbachev came to power...