Russian Nationalism and Xenophobia in June 2020
A student from Azerbaijan waskilled in June 2020 in an act of racist violence in Volgograd. Since thebeginning of the year, according to our data, 13 individuals in Russia havefallen victim to ideologically motivated violence, with one of them beingkilled. Another three received death threats. Also in June, the building ofan Islamic cultural center was vandalized in Elektrogorsk. Meanwhile, Leninstatues in Vologda and Vladivostok were also vandalized.