JEWISH CEMETARY DEFILED IN RUSSIA

Jewish cemetery defiled in St. Petersburg
Vandals defiled a Jewish cemetery in St. Petersburg for the second time this year, scrawling swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti on 30 graves and a synagogue, Jewish leaders said Friday. Mark Grubarg, head of St. Petersburg Jewish Community, called on police to do more to protect the cemetery, where people found "Jews Get Out of the Country!", "Long Live Holocaust!" and "Heil Hitler!" scrawled on the synagogue. Graves were covered with swastikas and Nazi SS signs.

"This is the worst thing to defile something sacred, the history. And it's so low to fight the dead," Grubarg said. The cemetery was also vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti in February.