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  • Yevhen Zakharov, head of the Kharkiv Rights Group, a leading rights organization in Ukraine, said the rise in xenophobic sentiments can be attributed to a severe economic crisis that has shaken the country in recent years, leading people to blame others for their hardships.

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  • "The level of aggression in society has risen. People look for enemies and they find them _ not in themselves but around them," Zakharov said.

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