Two Russians were killed in a restaurant brawl with Chechens in the northern town of Kondopoga in early September. This sparked racial mob violence in the community and a wave of anti-migration protests elsewhere in the country.
About 400 activists gathered in St. Petersburg for this weekend's rally, organized by the Movement against Illegal Migration, its leader, Alexander Belov, said.
He said it was aimed to spotlight "all issues related to crimes committed by illegal migrants, the events in Kondopoga, and [anti-Nazi activists'] attack on [the anti-migration movement's] picket last Sunday."
On Thursday, the nationalist organization staged a similar rally in central Moscow, urging the government to tighten controls over migrants and students from the Caucasus and ex-Soviet Central Asia.
