Kiev, Ukraine – A man who distributed thousands of leaflets titled "Jewish Fascism," "Zionism Against Mankind" and "Warning to America" near the Kiev central railway and underground stations,was sentenced to four years in prison.
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Vasiliy Ostrinsky, 43, was convicted on two charges. The Kiev district court dropped a charge of inciting interethnic hatred and deferred the sentence for two years.
Jewish leaders in Ukraine were disappointed that Ostrinsky was not prosecuted under the Ukrainian Criminal Code for the incitement of ethnic or racial strife.
"The Jewish community was hoping that the case would be a lesson demonstrating that the court system is really ready to fight against anti-Semitism," Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman, one of Ukraine's chief rabbis, told JTA.