Racism and Xenophobia in October 2017
In October2017, at least four people were injured as a result of attacks motivated byracism and neo-Nazism in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In total since the start ofthe year, four were killed and 51 injured in racially motivated violence in 15Russian regions. In October, there were atleast two acts of neo-Nazi vandalism in the Leningrad and Chelyabinsk regions.In total in 2017 to date, we registered no fewer than 37 acts ideologicallymotivated vandalism in 23 Russian regions.