The Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy held quarterly community events in order to share safety tips to “help identify potentially dangerous events” and to encourage the community to share experiences and serve as a support group. The SOVA Centre for Information and Analysis and the Civic Assistance Committee completed the first full year of a project that provides direct support to victims of hate crime.

The SOVA Centre for Information and Analysis and the Civic Assistance Committee reported nine physical assaults, including five carried out by a group causing serious injuries, and two that also involved theft of personal property.

The SOVA Centre reported a further 12 murders, 85 physical assaults, two death threats and 95 incidents of damage to property, including one involving a Molotov cocktail against a Caucasian-cuisine restaurant and one involving an explosive device against an Uzbek-owned store. The largest group of victims was from Central Asia and the second largest two groups were of people of African descent and from the Caucasus.

World Without Nazism reported 14 physical assaults, including four by a group, four resulting in serious injury and one involving a knife; three arson attacks, six murders and one incident of damage to property. Most of the victims were from the Caucasus and Central Asia.

The Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy reported 12 physical assaults, including ten carried out by a group, six resulting in serious injuries, one in which a bat was used as a weapon, one involving gasoline being sprayed on the victim, and one assault in the course of a robbery. All of the victims were from Cameroon or Congo. The attacks mainly took place on public transport or near metro stations. In one case, a man from Congo was assaulted on a tram by a group, with other passengers joining in.

The SOVA Centre for Information and Analysis reported one case of arson and seven cases of vandalism against Jewish property.

World Without Nazism reported one case of property damage against a Jewish charity organization.

The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress reported one physical assault involving tear gas being sprayed in the face of a child, one attempted arson attack on a synagogue, four cases of graffiti on Jewish community centres, one case of damage to a memorial plaque, one case of damage to a menorah in a public place and a case of desecration of a synagogue.

The SOVA Centre for Information and Analysis reported six cases of damage to property.

World Without Nazism reported four murders, including of an imam and his brother; two shootings, in one of which there were two victims; one case of graffiti on a mosque; three physical assaults, including an attack on a mosque injuring six people; one attempted physical assault; and one desecration of a graveyard.

The Euro Asian Jewish Congress reported one case of graffiti on a mosque in Irkutsk.

The SOVA Centre for Information and Analysis reported six murders of homeless people and two cases of physical assaults against homeless people.

World Without Nazism reported four murders of homeless men, including one case where a man was burned alive at the entrance of an apartment building; and one case of serious physical assault, involving gasoline being poured on a homeless man’s feet and set on fire.

The SOVA Centre for Information and Analysis reported 12 physical assaults on Jehovah’s Witnesses, and two on Pentecostals; five arson attacks against sites belonging to the Russian Orthodox Church; 33 cases of vandalism and/or damage to property on sites belonging to the Russian Orthodox Church; one case of arson against a site belonging to Jehovah’s Witnesses; 12 incidents of vandalism against sites belonging to Jehovah’s Witnesses and five incidents of vandalism against Protestant sites.

World without Nazism reported four incidents of desecration of or damage to property belonging to Jehovah’s Witnesses, one incident of vandalism against a Protestant site, one incident in which Christian icons in a public place were damaged, one incident of damage to an Evangelical church and one incident of damage to an Orthodox church.

World without Nazism reported one murder of a gay man and five physical assaults, including one attack by a group, in which there were 12 victims.

The Russian LGBT Network reported two murders, including one of a gay man who was stabbed 25 times and one of a gay man who was robbed and then murdered; ten physical assaults, including two resulting in serious injury and four attacks involving a group, including several taking place during or around pride events; seven cases of threats, including several death threats; and one case of damage to property at an LGBT arts exhibition.

The SOVA Centre for Information and Analysis reported twelve physical assaults against LGBT people.

Transgender Europe (TGEU) reported a physical assault against a transgender woman and her partner.