Paul Goble
Staunton, May 2 – In an example of what has become an increasingly frequent occurrence in Russian life, a Buryat woman was attacked by two Russian women for speaking her native language in the Russian capital. The attackers said that they shouldn’t have to listen to a language other than their own there.
The NeMoskva portal describes what happened (nemoskva.net/2026/05/02/sk-vozbudil-delo-o-razzhiganii-nenavisti-posle-napadeniya-na-buryatskogo-dizajnera-v-moskve/), and a telegram channel provides a clip showing part of what happened in the Russian bus (t.me/tassovkaru/75273).
Two aspects of this case are noteworthy: On the one hand, Russia’s investigation committee has opened a criminal case against the attackers, a welcome but hardly a sufficient response; and on the other, the Kremlin’s increasingly nationalistic and xenophobic messaging is leading ordinary Russians to conclude that they have every right to attack non-Russians.
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