In March 2025, Human Rights Watch released a disturbing report. Terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall in MoscowLater, a large number of Central Asian workers were harassed in Russia and there were even violent attacks.

some Skinheads, ultra-nationalists who had disappeared from the streets for many years, have become active again¡£ The question is, why do they suddenly start their heads? and why do they always look at the Chinese?

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, the entire Russian society fell into chaos. The economy collapsed overnight, and one dollar could be exchanged for 6800 rubles. A large number of young people are unemployed and out of school, have no hope, and have nowhere to vent their anger. Some ultra-nationalist organizations took the opportunity to enter, used hatred to target immigrants, especially conspicuous East Asians.

In 1992, a crowd of young men with shaved heads, military boots and Nazi flags began to appear on the streets of Moscow. They call themselves "skin heads" or "skinheads". At first, there were only a few dozen people, but by 1994, it had grown to 200 people. They initially gathered at football stadiums and quickly brought violence to public places such as subways, parks, and markets.

Starting in 1995, these people became increasingly organized and in major cities such as Moscow, St. Petersburg, they held underground journals, spreading the idea of "Slav Supreme". In 1998, Moscow police survey data showed that 60% of Asian residents had been attacked by them.

Violent clashes against Vietnamese vendors occurred in Vladivostok, and Chinese businessmen were also affected. In 2002, the number of skinheads in Moscow had reached 5,000 to 7,000. They divided into teams, set up ambushes on the subway, Select the faces of China, Vietnam and Central Asia.

A Vietnamese student in St. Petersburg was stabbed to his stomach and killed on the streets.The same year, a Chinese student in the Moscow subway was stabbed to death.These tragedies sparked intense panic among Chinese international students. A lot of people start out and don¡¯t dare to go out at night.

In August 2006, an explosion occurred in Moscow's Cherkizov market, killing 14 people, including a Chinese. The criminal gang "Savior Organization" planned behind the scenes, targeting non-Slavic businessmen.

An Uzbek student in the suburb of Moscow was stabbed 56 times and his left ear was cut off. In the same year, another Chinese student was besieged in the St. Petersburg subway, seriously injured and hospitalized for 12 days. These incidents are frequent, and one cannot ignore the xenophobic shadow of the Russian streets.

The Moscow Human Rights Bureau reported that 113 migrants were killed and 340 injured in ethnic attacks. Many of them are East Asian faces such as Chinese and Vietnamese. In 2009, violence reached its peak, with Chinese businessmen being beaten and shops smashed one after another.

Incredibly, these people actually shouted "Long live Hitler", wore Nazi armbands and tattooed Nazi designs. In a country that paid 28 million lives to defeat fascism, this phenomenon should not exist. But these people don¡¯t care about history at all, they just need a symbol that brings them together and leaks out.

After Putin returned to politics in 2010, the Russian government began to intensify the strikes.Security departments took action to arrest extremists and dissolve illegal organizations. In 2014, 90 percent of lightheads were banned and street violence declined significantly.

Only these people did not really disappear. They moved from the street to the underground, from physical activity to networking. Some people mixed into the gym, some continued activities on the soccer podium, and some, directly dressed in military clothes, Joined the Russian Ukrainian battlefield as volunteers and continued their extremist activities.

After the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022, Russian society is under pressure again. The devaluation of the ruble, rising prices and restricted energy exports have made people's lives difficult. Hatred is rising again, and the skinheads take advantage of the situation to recover.

By December 2024, Jacobin magazine revealed that some extremists used war as a cover-up to spread violent videos on the net, with hundreds of thousands of fans.In February 2025, the Foreign Policy Research Institute also noted that Central Asian immigrants were unfairly treated in detention centers and cases of violence increased. While these attacks are mostly targeted at Central Asians, the Chinese are also hard to stay out of.

Chinese tourists and international students are mainly concentrated in major cities such as Moscow, St. Petersburg, and theoretically have a high level of security. More people, more foreigners, more cameras, but more easily become their "hunt."

Their targets are not limited to foreigners, but also Russian women married to China. Some extremists believe this "stains Russian ancestry" and This complete exclusion logic is frightening.

The Chinese embassy in Russia has repeatedly issued security warnings, advising Chinese citizens to reduce night travel and avoid traveling to gathering areas. Especially in large football matches, holidays, alcohol-intensive places, more caution should be raised.

From 1992 to 2025, skinhead violence spans more than three decades. Although the number of people at the peak was about 100,000, it has now decreased significantly, but they continue to influence young people and incite hatred through the Internet, which still poses a potential threat.

These extremists don't understand what "strategic partners" mean.They're not concerned about whether China and Russia's trade volume is high or whether the two countries are mutually visa-free. They only care about whether they have food, whether their houses are heated, and whether there is hope for life.

When they couldn't find a way out, someone told them: "It was those outsiders who took your job." So they chose the easiest way to solve the problem-- Striking people, blowing shops, screaming slogans.

On the surface, China-Russia relations are at their best in history, with trade volume growing and political positions highly consistent. But at the civilian level, if extremists continue to run rampant and street violence cannot be eradicated, No matter how beautiful the diplomatic word is, it may turn pale in a subway attack.

Today's Russia faces multiple challenges such as economic pressure, war consumption and social dissatisfaction. In this context, how to prevent the resurgence of extremism and ensure the security of people-to-people exchanges between China and Russia is a practical issue that cannot be avoided.

Chinese-Russian friendship requires political consensus, but also a sense of security on the streets.Only when an ordinary Chinese can walk safely in the streets of Moscow and no longer worry about being looked at, China-Russian relations can truly be called "comprehensive friendship."