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Russian Nationalism and Xenophobia in January 2025

The following is our monthly review of instances of xenophobia and radical nationalism, along with any government countermeasures, for January 2025.

Russian Nationalism and Xenophobia in December 2024. Preliminary results of the year

The following is our monthly review of instances of xenophobia and radical nationalism, along with any government countermeasures, for December 2024.

Russian Nationalism and Xenophobia in November 2024

The following is our monthly review of instances of xenophobia and radical nationalism, along with any government countermeasures, for November 2024.

Russian Nationalism and Xenophobia in October 2024

The following is our monthly review of instances of xenophobia and radical nationalism, along with any government countermeasures, for October 2024.

Russian Nationalism and Xenophobia in September 2024

The following is our monthly review of instances of xenophobia and radical nationalism, along with any government countermeasures, for September 2024.

What is Driving the Intensifying Anti-Migration Campaign in Russia?

See Alexander Verkhovsky's article on the ongoing anti-migrant campaign in Russia published on December 19, 2024, by Russia.Post. The author points out that fearmongering about labor migrants has become Russian officialdom’s default rhetoric. He argues that recent anti-migration efforts presage a transformation of the official ideology.

Official Statistics of the Judicial Department of the Supreme Court on Countering Extremism for the First Half of 2024
The Judicial Department of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has published statistics on articles of the Criminal Code and the Code of Administrative Offenses applied in the first half of 2024. We present data concerning the application of provisions on public speech and banned groups and provisions on distributing prohibited materials and symbols.
The Metamorphoses of Post-Soviet Russian Nationalism: Less Violence, More Bonds. Resentment Is Inevitable.

13 September 2024 Rights in Russia published a translation of Alexander Verkhovsky’s article from Novaya gazeta «The Metamorphoses of Post-Soviet Russian Nationalism: Less Violence, More Bonds. Resentment Is Inevitable».


What is Behind the Kremlin’s Increasingly Anti-Migration Line?
SOVA Center Director Alexander Verkhovsky looks at the tightening of labor migration legislation in Russia, along with recent actions taken by authorities, and argues that the government is trying to control migration rather than restrict it. Still, this control has a clear ideological aspect and is exacerbating anti-migration sentiments.
Islam, Orthodox human rights, and the ‘Destructology’ pseudo-science: Roman Silantyev's Trajectory

This article first published by the George Washington University's Russia Program focuses on Roman Silantyev, an academic public expert on Islam commissioned by the prosecution in the notorious case of theater director Yevgeniya Berkovich and playright Svetlana Petriichuk. Due to this case, the general public learned about the pseudo-science of “destructology” created by Silantyev, an important figure in the “political wing” of the Russian Orthodox Church who interacts frequently with state repression and propaganda apparatus.

SOVA's address and recommendations at the OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference - 2024

SOVA Research Center took part in the 2024 OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference. Here we publish our statement at the Plenary Session 8 "Tolerance and Non-Discrimination I" on October 8.

Address and Recommendations at the Plenary Session III “Tolerance and Non-Discrimination I”

SOVA Center took part in the OSCE conference "ODIHR: three decades and ready for the future" in Warsaw on October 2023. See the SOVA's statement made for the session “Tolerance and Non-Discrimination I”.

The State is Trying to Restore Control Over the “Ultrapatriotic” Camp

Aleхander Verkhovsky explains how the Russian ultraright is faring amid the war, how government policy is changing toward them and also what problems the government’s anti-Ukraine propaganda is running into.

The original interview in Russian was made by Maria Litvinova and published in Republic. A shortened version with some changes has been approved by the author and republished in RussiaPost with Republic's permission.

Address and Recommendations at the OSCE human rights conference 2022 - Session "Tolerance and Non-Discrimination I"
SOVA Center took part in the OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw on September 26 - October 7, 2022. See the SOVA's written statement for the session "Tolerance and Non-Discrimination I".
SOVA Center's statement for the session on addressing all forms of intolerance and discrimination and building equal and inclusive societies at the ODIHR 30th anniversary conference
SOVA Center took part in the OSCE conference "ODIHR: three decades and ready for the future" in Warsaw on October 14-15, 2021.