Among the Speakers at a conference of the Communist Congress of Peoples of the Union State from Russia and Belarus held in Moscow on 15th March 2003, were Nikolai Kontradenko, the former Governor of Krasnodar Kray, and that region’s representative to the Duma, and the well-known Communist Zyuganov. They denounced Israel and the Jews and created an atmosphere that encouraged antisemitic jokes. The “Congress” was founded in 1990 by Communist elements in Russia with the objective of the future unification of the two countries.
