Antisemitism in Russia
60 media-documented antisemitic events in Russia (2019–present): interactive map, yearly trends, official statistics and cited sources.
← All countries on the mapLocations are approximate (city level).Incidents shown: 0
No official national statistics are available for this country in our dataset — the figures below reflect media coverage and open databases only.
Antisemitic attitudes
How widespread antisemitic beliefs are in the wider population, from ADL's Global 100 opinion survey. This is not a count of incidents and cannot be compared with one — a country can hold few recorded incidents and widespread prejudice, or the reverse.
- change since 2014
- +32 pts
- worldwide
- 46%
Share of adults agreeing with a majority of 11 tested antisemitic stereotypes. Survey waves are years apart and country panels change between them. ADL Global 100: An Index of Antisemitism ↗
Media coverage by year
By category
Most affected cities
- Obninsk4
- Volgograd3
- Kaliningrad3
- Moscow3
- Saint Petersburg2
- Sochi1
- Derbent1
- Makhachkala1
Media-documented events
- RussiaAuto-collected from news
Надписи и оскорбительная символика на шатре еврейской общины во время праздника Суккот
Source: SOVA Center ↗ - Obninsk, RussiaCurated entry
Firebombs thrown at Obninsk synagogue in second attack
Source: Algemeiner ↗ - Obninsk, RussiaAuto-collected from news
В Обнинске снова попытались поджечь синагогу. Подозреваемые в поджоге задержаны
Source: SOVA Center ↗ - Sochi, RussiaAuto-collected from news
Нападение на сочинскую синагогу с молотком
Source: SOVA Center ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
Видеоролики с ультраправыми акциями прямого действия за 6—19 января 2025 года
Source: SOVA Center ↗ - Obninsk, RussiaAuto-collected from news
Поджог на территории синагоги в Обнинске
Source: SOVA Center ↗ - Derbent, RussiaCurated entry
Gunmen attack and burn Derbent synagogue in deadly Dagestan assault
Source: Al Jazeera ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
Patrons of an Indian restaurant were threatened by two men armed with a knife and a gas pistol, who performed a Nazi salute while shouting pro-Palestinian and anti-Semitic slogans.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Makhachkala, RussiaCurated entry
Antisemitic mob storms Makhachkala airport hunting passengers from Israel
Source: Wikipedia ↗ - Nalchik, RussiaCurated entry
Jewish community center under construction set on fire in Nalchik
Source: Human Rights Watch ↗ - Khasavyurt, RussiaCurated entry
Mob besieges Khasavyurt hotel searching for Jewish guests
Source: Meduza ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
Passengers arriving at Makhachkala airport were threatened when a protest crowd carrying Palestinian flags and shouting anti-Semitic slogans stormed the airport in search of Israeli citizens. The rioters subsequently damaged the airport and attacked a bus carrying passengers.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
An 18-year-old woman was beaten, punched in the face, threatened with death, dunked in a water fountain and pelted with food by two men due to her perceived Jewish identity.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
Неизвестный разбил окно в Московской хоральной синагоге
Source: SOVA Center ↗ - Kaliningrad, RussiaAuto-collected from news
Нападение на могилу раввина Салантера на еврейском кладбище Калининграда
Source: SOVA Center ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
A Russian-Jewish journalist was subjected to anti-Semitic threats and insults. A pig's head was left on his doorstep and an anti-Semitic message posted to the door. Prior to the incident, the victim and his family had received more than 100 threatening messages.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Kaliningrad, RussiaAuto-collected from news
Калининградский бармен нарисовал свастику перед синагогой
Source: SOVA Center ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
A memorial to Jewish victims of the Holocaust was vandalized with anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Volgograd, RussiaAuto-collected from news
В Волгограде осквернен новый мемориал жертвам Холокоста
Source: SOVA Center ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
An 82-year-old male Jewish scientist was subjected to anti-Semitic insults and threats, beaten and knocked to the ground by a man on a bus. The victim was hospitalized with a bruised head.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Moscow, RussiaAuto-collected from news
В Москве неизвестный избил ученого, выкрикивая антисемитские лозунги
Source: SOVA Center ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
A male Jewish writer was threatened when he received a lampshade inscribed with an anti-Semitic message. The incident occurred after the victim discussed the Soviet Union's role in World War II on the radio.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
A gravestone in a cemetery was vandalized with an anti-Semitic inscription. Another incident of anti-Semitic vandalism occurred in the area in the same month.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
A building was vandalized with an anti-Semitic inscription. Another incident of anti-Semitic vandalism occurred in the area in the same month.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Moscow, RussiaAuto-collected from news
В день рождения Гитлера в Москве была подожжена синагога
Source: SOVA Center ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
A synagogue was vandalized with swastika graffiti and set on fire on the anniversary of Hitler's birthday. The porch of the building was damaged by the fire. The same synagogue had previously been vandalized.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
A memorial to Jewish victims of the Holocaust was vandalized with anti-Semitic and threatening graffiti, including a reference to a far-right group.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Moscow, RussiaAuto-collected from news
Нападение на иудейскую общину «Шамир» в Москве
Source: SOVA Center ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
A chief rabbi was the target of an attempted murder by two members of a far-right group.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
A Jewish community center was vandalized when a person shouting anti-Semitic slogans, having failed to enter the facility, threw a chanukiah from the doorsteps, tore off the nameplate, broke the mailbox, and ripped off the rabbi's car license plate.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
A male head of a local Jewish community was targeted for murder when an organized hate group hired an assassin and armed him with a knife to kill the victim. Authorities disrupted the murder plot before it could materialize.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Saint Petersburg, RussiaAuto-collected from news
Вандализм в Петербурге: на еврейском кладбище повреждены надгробия
Source: SOVA Center ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
Thirty gravestones at a Jewish cemetery were damaged overnight.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
Thirty headstones and monuments at a Jewish cemetery were vandalized and destroyed.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
Political party members were subjected to xenophobic insults and beaten by members of a far-right group. One man had his nose broken and was sprayed with pepper spray, another man was hit in the throat, and the building they were in was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
The officials of Jewish organizations received an e-mail containing anti-Semitic threats and calls for violence against Jews.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
The Jewish community was subjected to anti-Semitic insults and felt threatened after an Orthodox priest used anti-Semitic statements, incited violence against Jews and called for the banishment of the Jewish people in his sermons.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
A building that houses a Jewish cultural centre and a synagogue had its entrance hall damaged by fire and the glass at the entrance was broken. This was the third in a series of similar incidents.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
The Jewish community was threatened after a man disseminated videos containing calls for anti-Semitic violence on the Internet. The authorities investigated the incident as a hate crime.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Volgograd, RussiaAuto-collected from news
Волгоградская область: осквернен знак памяти жертвам Холокоста
Source: SOVA Center ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
A Holocaust memorial was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
A wall next to a synagogue was vandalized with a Star of David and graffiti referring to Israel's national intelligence agency.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
Антисемитские надписи неподалеку от Московской хоральной синагоги
Source: SOVA Center ↗ - Saint Petersburg, RussiaAuto-collected from news
Санкт-Петербург: таксист оскорбил и избил музыканта
Source: SOVA Center ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
A man was subjected to anti-Semitic insults, locked inside a car and beaten by a taxi driver. The victim later had his documents confiscated and was threatened with violence by police.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
A Jewish educational institute was set on fire and vandalized with swastika graffiti on the eve of Passover. The school's storehouse was burned down.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
A section of a Jewish educational institution where kosher meat is stored was set on fire and burned down before a Passover Seder dinner attended by 60 people.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Kaliningrad, RussiaAuto-collected from news
Надгробие на еврейском кладбище Калининграда осквернено нацистской символикой
Source: SOVA Center ↗ - RussiaAuto-collected from news
The recently renovated tombstone of a prominent rabbi was vandalized with swastika graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗
Antisemitism by country
- United States7246
- United Kingdom984
- Italy783
- France274
- Spain262
- Poland250
- Netherlands244
- Germany176
- Canada168
- Ukraine144
- Switzerland104
- Australia86
- Austria82
- Belgium60
- Russia60
- Argentina58
- Czechia52
- Hungary49
- Greece46
- Lithuania34
- Turkey33
- Brazil33
- Bulgaria32
- Iran23
- Serbia22
- Sweden21
- Romania17
- New Zealand16
- Chile15
- Ireland12
- South Africa12
- Portugal10
- Mexico10
- Denmark10
- Georgia7
- Norway7
- Belarus7
- Tunisia6
- Croatia6
- North Macedonia5
- Moldova5
- Malaysia5
- Armenia5
- Colombia5
- Slovakia5
- Lebanon4
- Algeria4
- Finland4
- Pakistan4
- Estonia3
- Azerbaijan3
- Uruguay3
- United Arab Emirates3
- China3
- Kuwait3
- India3
- Latvia3
- Morocco2
- Singapore2
- Kazakhstan2
- Japan2
- Egypt2
- Saudi Arabia2
- Albania1
- Philippines1
- Cyprus1
- Peru1
- Slovenia1
- Sri Lanka1
- Qatar1
- Venezuela1
- Vietnam1
- Nicaragua1
- Luxembourg1
- Syria1
- Indonesia1
- Paraguay1
- Jordan1
- Ethiopia1
- Bosnia and Herzegovina1
- Mauritania1
- Iceland1