Moscow university orders foreign student lockdown ahead of Hilter birthday, students say

by E Wayne Ross on April 21, 2007

San Diego Union-Tribune: Moscow university orders foreign student lockdown ahead of Hilter birthday, students say

A leading Moscow university ordered its foreign students on Thursday to remain in their dormitories for the next three days because of fears of ethnic violence before Adolf Hitler’s birthday, students said.

Hundreds of students at the prestigious Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy were told to stock up on food and warned they would not be let out of the dormitories through Saturday in an attempt to protect them amid a marked rise in hate crimes.