31.07.2010 Anti-fascists not welcome in Estonia
Estonian authorities have banned anti-fascist activists from entering the country. The activists were going to rally against the meeting of Estonian veterans who fought on the side of Nazi Germany. The bus with Lithuanian and Latvian anti-fascists was unable to cross the border between Estonia and Latvia, as the border guards said the bus was in poor technical condition.

28.07.2010 NCSJ urges Estonian Gov't to condemn the atrocities of the Waffen-SS
It has come to our attention that on July 31, 2010, the veterans of an Estonian division of the Waffen-SS will be holding a commemorative event in Vaivara. Any official involvement by Estonia in the commemorative activities of such an organization would be unworthy of its status as a free and democratic country, a member of the European Union and NATO, and a trusted friend of its own developing Jewish community. We therefore urge you to condemn the atrocities of the Waffen-SS, and to refrain from affording the honor of your government’s regard to those who perpetrated these crimes.

21.07.2010 Anti-Defamation League (ADL) condemned a march, planned for July 31 in Vaivara, Estonia,
Vaivara should evoke mourning and reflection, not celebration. Twenty thousand Jews from across the Baltics were imprisoned in the Vaivara camps, as were other victims and prisoners of war. Every two weeks the Jews who were too sick or frail to work were murdered. Those who march will trample on their memory. A telling choice once again lies before Estonian officials. They, along with responsible members of Estonian civil society, should unequivocally condemn the planned march in Vaivara, ADL says.

01.07.2010 "World without nazism" statement on Nazi march in Riga, Latvia
Most alarming is not the demonstration itself, organized by a group of the Nazi ideology followers, but the fact that it was sanctioned by the official authority – judicial branch. Thus, the Court did not stand united with the Riga authorities intending to stop Hitler’s glorifications, but de facto supported in the government’s name this cynical and disgusting event glorifying the beginning of the Latvia’s occupation by the Nazi Germany. 

30.06.2010 ADL condemns parade commemorating Nazi invasion of Latvia
We appreciate the statement of Latvia’s prime minister and the foreign ministry condemning this event.  However, we are concerned that this incident is part of a larger trend among nationalists in the Baltics and elsewhere in Eastern Europe to equate the Nazi genocide with the repression and crimes of the Communists.

23.06.2010 World Without Nazism international movement established in Kyiv
"It was an unprecedented event, when an attempt was made, actually the first one in history, to unite all anti-fascist forces," Chairman of the World Congress of Russian Jewry, Russian Senator Boris Shpigel told Interfax. Shpigel is the author of the idea of establishing this organization. 

22.06.2010 The fight against neo-Nazism and attempts to rewrite history requires coordinated efforts
The movement plans to attract the Council of Europe, European Parliament, the United Nations and international tribunals. It also plans to publish a “White Paper on Fascism” with a complete list of territories across the world where this hostile ideology is common. 

10.05.2010 A new international organization called “World without Nazism” will be set up soon.
Organizations from 28 countries have already applied for membership. The new organization will first and foremost monitor phenomena like the revival of Nazism, the glorification of Nazi criminals and revival of the memory of those who fought together with the Nazis,” - Boris Shpigel, a member of the Russian Federation Council and the head of the World Congress of Russian-speaking Jewry, told Itar-Tass

07.05.2010 Ex-Soviet veterans of World War II to parade in Berlin
Hundreds of World War II veterans who have immigrated to Germany from various parts of the former Soviet Union will parade through central Berlin on May 9 to the strains of a brass band to mark the 65th anniversary of the end of the war.

08.04.2010 Ukraine nationalists attack Polish-Jewish memorial photo exhibit
The exhibit, called Volynska Reznya (The Volyn Slaughter) displayed photographs and personal memorabilia of ethnic Poles and Jews living in the territory of modern Ukraine's Volyn province during 1944, many of whom were killed in inter-ethnic violence.

17.03.2010 Anti-fascists unite to resist neo-Nazism
The International Anti-Fascist Front will focus on educating the youth and teaching them the historic truth. Among its other tasks is identifying authorities who promote the ideology of reviving Nazism and searching for their sponsors. Information on all cases spotted will be made public and sent to international courts. It is planned that a founding congress of the independent movement will be held in April in Minsk, Belarus.

16.03.2010 Researchers, Jewish activists gather for conference
Throughout Eastern Europe, from Ukraine to Lithuania, a “new historiography” has sprouted that attempts to equate the Nazi genocide of Jews with the crimes committed in their countries by the Soviet Union, according to conference attendees.

16.03.2010 Nazi-hunter calls for ban on Latvian SS commemoration
Describing attempts by Central and Eastern European countries to equate the Holocaust and crimes committed by post-war Communist regimes as 'total hogwash,' Zuroff said the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in particular were guilty of an attempt to 'rewrite history.'

15.03.2010 Riga conference condemns planned Waffen SS march
More than 50 historians, documentary film directors and writers from Russia, the Baltic states, Israel, the United States, Germany, Austria, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova will take part in the conference under the leadership of the World Congress of Russian Jewry and the Baltic Forum.

02.03.2010 World War II and the Holocaust:: Victims, Righteous, Liberators and Executioners
On 14-15 March 2010, the Conference “World War II and the Holocaust: Victims, Righteous Persons , Liberators and Executioners” will be arranged in Riga, Latvia. The event is organized by the World Congress of Russian Jewry in cooperation with The Baltic Forum, Israeli and Russian NGOs. The conference and the Round Table in Riga will be the follow-up event of the international conference "Legacy of the World War II and the Holocaust" (Berlin, December 2009).

17.02.2010 Netanyahu: Israel will erect a memorial commemorating the Red Army
Netanyahu said he hoped the memorial would be erected before Putin’s next visit to Israel, expected within the year, and that at the same time the Russian prime minister could also take party in the ceremony in which Russia would formally take over control of the Sergei courtyard in central Jerusalem.

25.01.2010 Israeli Holocaust Museum director condemns equaling of Stalinism, Nazism
Claims by certain European countries that Hitler and Stalin committed similar crimes have been opposed at a meeting of the Israeli government. "Stalin and Hitler are given similar characteristics, and crimes of totalitarian regimes are discussed. Such discussions bring to naught the significance of Holocaust," Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum Director General Avner Shalev said in a speech

22.12.2009 The Berlin international conference "Legacy of World War Two and Holocaust" is pursuing the unity of the anti-fasciscy forces
Delegates from 25 countries in the world have gathered in Berlin to coordinate efforts in the fight against attempts at distorting history and eulogizing fascism. Among the aims of the "Lessons of World War 2 and the Holocaust" conference in Berlin is raising to a higher level the anti-fasciscy movement and  the objective is spelled out officially in the final resolution of the conference.

21.12.2009 Of insult and mockery. Efraim Zuroff for Jerusalem Post
While the Global Forum was meeting in Jerusalem, the conference on the legacy of the Holocaust was scheduled for Berlin. Given the prestigious status of the former and the fact that five colleagues of mine were planning to participate, the natural choice would have been Jerusalem, but in this case I opted for Berlin because of an extremely unfortunate decision made by the Foreign Ministry, which I believe will prove very detrimental to Jewish interests.

19.11.2009 Israeli MPs protest anti-Semitism in Ukraine
The letter, which was signed on November 18 by members representing most of the parties in the Knesset, was addressed to the Ukraine's president, Victor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.The letter spoke about the fear of a new "wave of anti-Semitism in the Ukraine that has come to a peak with the authorization of Ratushnyak, the current mayor of Uzhgorod, to run for President."

26.10.2009 Boris Shpigel visited Ben Yakir vouth village in Israel
Shpigel inaugurated the 'Friendship Plaza' in the village, in which a special stone was dedicated to him, and planted a tree there. During his visit, Senator Shpigel heard from the village alumni about their life and experiences in the years they spent at the village, and the tools provided to them during these years to lead a meaningful, positive life as contributing citizens.

07.10.2009 Russian Jewish group vows to pay IDF legal bill
There is no Jewish Diaspora as intimately connected to Israel as the Russian-speaking Diaspora. That's because there is not a single Russian-speaking Jew in the world who doesn't have close relatives or personal friends in Israel. So for them, these soldiers and officers are flesh and blood.

24.09.2009 Demyanyuk must not be allowed into Ukraine - Ukrainian Jewish Committee
The Ukrainian Jewish Committee has condemned the Lviv regional legislature's attempts to defend Ivan Demyanyuk, a former guard of Nazi concentration camps. "Lviv lawmakers are making a big mistake, putting the words "Ukrainian" and "Nazi criminal" on the same footing.

03.08.2009 NY Gov. Paterson signed a bill to to include a Russian-language translation on all voting materials
Gov. Paterson signed a bill into law on July 28, that will require cities with more than one million people to include a Russian-language translation on all voting materials. The aim of the law is to help Russian-speakers overcome a language barrier and to increase voter turnout. Russian is the third-most common language spoken in New York City, according to 2006 U.S. Census statistics.

22.07.2009 Russian-speaking community in UK asks Strasbourg Court to be humane to former partisan Kononov
Members of the Russian-speaking community in the UK support World War II hero Vassily M. Kononov. and are highly concerned for his health and mental condition.The process initiated by Latvian state and legal bodies against V. M. Kononov is directed towards the creation of a precedent to review the conclusions arrived at as a result of World War II and towards the glorification of fascist criminals.  The case of Kononov is similar to harassment of Jewish partizans by Lithuanian gov't

26.06.2009 The Jewish Forum of Ukraine has protested against the Kyiv City Council's decision to rename Comintern Street to Symon Petliura Street.
The Jewish Forum of Ukraine believes that the names of historically controversial personalities should not be given to streets and cities, and it is better to return to them their original geographical and historical names, and what counts more, that these names be far from politics," said  Jewish Forum of Ukraine Director Arkady Monastyrsky.

02.06.2009 Historic victory for the Russian-American community of New York
On May 19 the Bill to require the New York City Board of Elections to translate all voting material into Russian, in addition to its current list of languages (English, Spanish, Chinese and Korean) has passes on the State Senate floor with an overwhelming majority of 48 out of 62. Then on May 28, 2009 Bill passed the State Assembly floor with an overwhelming vote of 109 to 23. It is an important initiative since a recent survey by U.S. Census Bureau showed that “Russian is New York’s # 3 foreign language".

31.05.2009 Jerusalem Post: As US harps on settlements, Israel aims to boost Russian ties

The Foreign Ministry is gradually placing more importance on diplomacy with Russia as the relationship with Washington undergoes a reformulation under the Obama administration. Boris Spiegel, president of the World Congress of Russian Jewry and a member of the Russian Federation Council, says Russia can play a constructive role in the current climate.

19.05.2009 Boris Spiegel held talks with the leadership of the National Conference for the Jews in Russia, Ukraine, Baltic States and Eurasia (NCSJ)
On May 18, the NCSJ delegation visited the Federation Council of Russia, where it held talks with the leadership of the upper chamber of Russian parliament - the Vice-Chairman of the Council of Federation Svetlana Orlova, the chairman of the Commission of the Federation Council on the development of civil society institutions, WCRJ President Boris Spiegel, senator Alexander Shkolnik. NSCJ delegation was chaired by NCSJ Chairman Richard Stone, President Alexander Shmukler, executive director Mark Levin, members of the Board of Directors of NCSJ.

06.05.2009 Briefing “The Outcome and Lessons of World War II and the Present” was held in United Nations
On 5 May at 3 p.m. the UN Headquarters in New York hosted a briefing “The Outcome and Lessons of World War II and the Present” organized by the Moscow Bureau for Human Rights (MBHR) and the American Forum of the World Congress of the Russian Jewry (WCRJ) in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN.

15.04.2009 'Living With Radiation' Conference Commemorating Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Held at United Nations
The conference addresses issues related to the increasing cost of health care. Recommendations regarding new cost-effective diagnostic and treatment modalities will be presented by an international group of thyroid cancer experts from major medical centers in the United States, Russia, Ukraine and European countries such as Italy. The conference is attended by some 150 medical personnel.

30.03.2009 WCRJ President urges EU to condemn Latvia’s inaction on neo-Nazis
President of the World Congress of Russian Jewry and member of the Russian Federation Council Boris Shpigel has said he was outraged by the Latvian authorities "abetting" neo-Nazis and urged the European Union to condemn their policy.

30.03.2009 Anti-Semitic graffiti more frequent in Kyiv - Jewish Fund of Ukraine
The Jewish Fund of Ukraine (JFU) Public Council intends to submit to the Kyiv city administration and the Ukrainian president's Secretariat a photo report of graffiti insulting the national dignity of Jews and representatives of other ethnic communities.

22.03.2009 Approaches to the transfer of Russian-speaking children to Israeli families must be reviewed.
The WCRJ organized a roundtable conference on the rights of children and families in Jerusalem on March 22. The discussion centered on the integration of Russian-speaking Israelis with Israeli society, and on legal and administrative problems arising due to differences in mentality and cultures.

20.03.2009 WCRJ supports the decision to terminate the unjust practice of paying differing compensation sums for Holocaust survivors depending on the country of residence
The World Congress of Russian Jewry hailed a decision by Germany to raise the allowances it pays to Holocaust survivors living in former Soviet republics to the level of those it pays Jewish victims of Nazism living in European Union.

10.02.2009 New York Day of Immigrants Rights
Immigrants from the former Soviet Union lobby New York state legislators for broadening the rights of Russian-speaking citizens on the Day of Immigrants Rights. Members of the American Forum World Congress of Russian Jewry visited Olbany on February 10. The first-ever Russian legislator in America, New York lawmaker Alec Brook-Krasny, actively assisted the organization of the meeting.

03.02.2009 American Forum of the World Congress of Russian Jewry concerning the events in Venezuela
The building of the country’s oldest Sephardic synagogue was vandalized by an organized gang on the night of January 30^th /31^st in Karakas, capital city of Venezuela. Damages, including inscriptions and slogans painted on the building walls clearly give evidence to the anti-Semitic motives of the action. It is the culmination of the anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish hysteria instigated by Hugo Chavez’ government in the country that for centuries has been a home to one of the most organized Jewish communities on the South American continent.

19.01.2009 International union of Russian-speaking Jewish journalists being created

21.12.2008 EUROPEAN JEWS MARK THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION
The European Council of Jewish Communities (ECJC), the World Congress of Russian Jewry (WCRJ), the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) and the All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress (AUJC) held a Hanukkah Candle Lighting Ceremony in the heart of Brussels at the Rond-Point Schuman on Sunday, 21st December, 2008. For the first time the Jewish Communal Leadership of Eastern, Central and Western Europe stood united in Brussels. This is a strategic move to secure the interests of Jewish communities in both, the FSU countries and Western Europe and to build ongoing relationships with the EU.

13.11.2008 Latvian MPs pay homage to Kristallnacht victims
The deputies put on the badges, which read "November 9 - Never Again!" in Russian, German and English, at the initiative of the World Congress of Russian Jewry. The action in the Latvian Parliament was proposed by Boris Cilevich, chairman of the Latvian deputy group for cooperation with the Israeli Parliament and a member of the WCRJ parliamentary club.

10.11.2008 The World Congress of Russian Jewry held rallies to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Germany's Kristallnacht in nine European countries.
Congress activists distributed badges depicting the Star of David and the sign 'November 9, 1938 Never Again' in the Russian, English and German to 10,000 people in various cities. People who wanted to support the action wore 'broken crystals' thus showing solidarity with victims of Nazism.

07.11.2008 European citizens will receive Stars of David to the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht
The World Congress of Russian-Speaking Jews will organize events in Europe to pay homage to all victims of anti-Jewish riots that swept through Germany on the night of November 10, 1938. Volunteers of the congress and its partner-organizations will distribute these badges in cities of Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Moldova, Poland, Bulgaria, Italy and the UK on Sunday, November 9. People willing to support the action can wear these badges to show their solidarity with the victims of Nazism.

23.09.2008 Russian Jews to ask UN to assess Georgian aggression in S.Ossetia
The World Congress of Russian Jewry will submit documents concerning Georgia's actions in South Ossetia for legal assessment with the United Nations. These documents were gathered during a visit to Tskhinvali by a WCRJ working group, which consisted of international observers and human rights activists. The Congress is the only international Jewish organization, which visited South Ossetia after the outbreak of the war in August.

04.09.2008 Israel could become a strategic partner in developing Russian nanotechnology projects

The delegation of the Russian State Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO) headed by Leonid Melamed, Director General, is visiting Israel on the research visit. Israel branch on the World Congress of Russian Jewry is among the organizers of the visit to Israel. 

31.07.2008 The Russian government closed the Web site of a militant branch of Hamas after intervention of WCRJ parliament club
The site of Az-Adin Al-Qassam was taken off its Russian-hosted server on July 24. The Parliamentary Club of the World Congress of Russian Jewry had discussed the site during the last meeting in Moscow. In a meeting with the deputy speaker of Russia's senate, Alexander Torshin, members of parliament discussed the terrorist-backed Web site, which was hosted by a Russian company, Data Force.

10.07.2008 Russian-speaking Jewish lawmakers from several countries gathered in Moscow for a two-day conference
The event includes members of the Israeli Knesset and Ukraine's Rada, as well as lawmakers from the United States, Latvia and Germany. Members of Russia's Duma and Federation Council, the upper and lower houses of parliament, also are hosting the event.

21.05.2008 The General Assembly of the World Congress of Russian Jewry opens in Jerusalem on Wednesday, May 21.

The delegates of the General Assembly represent the three-million Russian-speaking Jews, which is nearly a quarter of the world's total Jewish population. The largest Russian-speaking community (more than 1 million people) in the world lives in Israel.

21.05.2008 Shimon Peres sent greetings to WCRJ General Assembly
I wish to extend a warm welcome to all of you on this special occasion and to express my deep appreciation to the worldwide community of Russia-speaking Jewry, whom you are representing tonight, for choosing to hold your first assembly of the World Congress of Russian Jewry in Jerusalem.

19.05.2008 Over 5,000 Muscovites celebrate 60th anniversary of Israel ’s creation

Russian and Israeli pop singers gave a concert at Moscow's Ostankino Park on Sunday to mark the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel. Over 5,000 Muscovites and guests attended the open air concert

18.05.2008 General Assembly of the World Congress of Russian Jewry, May 21 - 22 ICC, Jerusalem
On May 21, 2008, the General Assembly of the World Congress of Russian Jewry dedicated to the Israel’s 60-th Anniversary will take place at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem. Leaders of the state of Israel are among the honored guests.

16.05.2008 Global Russian Jewry congratulate Israel on 60th independence anniversary
President of the World Congress of Russian Jewry and member of Russia's Federation Council Boris Shpigel has congratulated Israel on the 60th independence anniversary.
            

15.05.2008 Boris Spiegel has condemned the recent missile attack from Gaza that hit the Ashkelon shopping mall in Israel.
"On these days all Russian Jews are sympathizing with the residents of Ashkelon, a city where every third person speaks Russian, and the entire people of Israel," he told Interfax on Thursday.

10.03.2008 JTA: Jewish Russian-speaking legislators formed a parliamentary club.
More than 20 lawmakers from Israel, the United States, Ukraine and Russia met March 6-7 in Kiev to establish the body, under the auspices of the World Congress of Russian Jewry

04.03.2008 World Congress of Russian Jewry in Kiev to create a Parliamentary Club of Russian-speaking Jewish legislators from around the globe
Fifteen Russian-speaking Jewish members of Parliaments will meet for two days on March 6-7 in Kiev to establish a new body, which will represent at parliament level Russian Jewish interests ccross the globe.

07.02.2008 WCRJ President Boris Shpigel visited Kiev
On 4 February, the World Congress of Russian Jewry President Boris Spiegel visited Kiev as the guest of honor of the Jewish Agency's leadership meeting in the Ukrainian capital.

17.01.2008 Memorial Drawings: Remembering the Holocaust Victims and Their Liberators, exhibition at United Nation HQ
On 17 January 2008 at 6:00 p.m. the exhibition «Memorial Drawings: Remembering the Holocaust Victims and Their Liberators» by Gennady Dobrov, Honored Artist of Russia, Honorary Member of Russian Academy of Arts, will open at the United Nations Headquarters (1B neck gallery, near the Vienna café). Organized by the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN in cooperation with the UN Information Centre in Moscow and sponsored by the World Congress of Russian Jewry, the exhibition is held in observance of United Nations Holocaust Remembrance Week 2008.

24.12.2007 Boris Spiegel donated the Torah scroll to the Jewish Agency
Boris Spiegel, the president of the World Congress of Russian Jewry, donated the Torah scroll to the Jewish Agency. The Ben Yakir Youth Village was selected as the village that would receive the scroll for safekeeping. The ceremony awarding the scroll took place at the village and was both festive and moving. The Chairman of the Jewish Agency Zeev Bielski attended the ceremony and the scroll was then handed over to the director of the Youth Village, Yossi Krauthammer.

05.11.2007 Boris Shpigel elected first President of the World Congress of Russian Jewry.
Boris Shpigel, has been elected the first President of the World Congress of Russian Jewry – an international organization uniting Russian speaking Jewish organizations world-wide. Thirty five members of the WCRJ's Board representing 27 countries have gathered in Moscow Jewish Community Center on Monday to elect the President and to discuss Congress strategyies for the upcoming year.