Hatred towards foreigners especially to non-white people began to rise in Russia as they were blamed for the country 's 10 years of failed reforms in which living standards plummeted . Prior to the Chechen – Russian conflict , especially when Russian authorities blamed the Chechen Muslims Jihadist as responsible in the Russian apartment bombings , this has fuelled more hatred towards immigrants in the country . Prior to this , Russian skinheads began to be formed with some of the group members joining to take revenge for their family members that had been killed during the bomb attacks , though some other Russians joined the group because they are just " bored " and want to bully people . Following the attack against Vietnamese in Russia as they also been included on Russian skinhead target list on immigrants , a protest was held by Vietnamese community in the country especially after the murder of 20-year old Vietnamese student , Vu Anh Tuan on 13 October 2004 with the protestor said : Despite the protest for protection from Russian authorities , Vietnamese people continue to be attacked as on 25 December 2004 , two Vietnamese students at the Moscow Energy Institute , Nguyen Tuan Anh and Nguyen Hoang Anh suffered severe injuries and were subsequently hospitalised after they had been assaulted by a group of strangers with knives and clubs on the way back to their dormitory . On 13 March 2005 , three Russians stabbed a 45-year-old Vietnamese man named Quan to death in front of his home in Moscow . On 22 March 2008 , a 35-year old Vietnamese woman who worked at a Moscow market stabbed to death in an apparent race-hate killing . On 9 January 2009 , a group of strangers in Moscow stabbed a 21-year-old Vietnamese student named Tang Quoc Binh resulting to his death on the next day
Russian apartment bombings
Russian apartment bombings
Anti-Vietnamese sentiment