Racism in Russia

Racism in Russia appears mainly in the form of negative attitudes and actions by some Russians towards people who are of different color to them.

Traditionally, Russian racism included antisemitism, as well as hostility towards various ethnicities of the Caucasus, Central Asia and Africa. The director of the Moscow Bureau for Human Rights, Alexander Brod, stated that surveys show xenophobia and other racist expressions are prevalent in 50 percent of Russians. In 2006, Amnesty International reported that racism in Russia was "out of control" and estimated the number of Russian neo-Nazis at around 85,000 in 2008. But despite all this Russia is the second largest immigration receiver after the United States. Russia also has one of the highest immigration rates in Eastern Europe.

On 20 April 2011, Konstantin Poltoranin, spokesman for Federal Migratory Service was fired after saying the "survival of the white race was at stake."

On 24 October 2013, speaking during the Poedinok programme on the Rossia 1 television channel, the leader of Russia's extreme nationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, known for his headline-grabbing outbursts, called for imposing limits on the birth rate in the Muslim-dominated North Caucasus region of Russia, and restricting the movement of people from that region across the country. These outbursts occurred shortly after the terrorist attack in Volgograd, which left several Russians dead. Zhirinovsky later apologized for his words. During the programme, there was a live population poll conducted via text messaging and internet. Zhirinovsky won that popular vote, with over 140 thousand Russians voting in favour of him.

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