Each entry sets out a single case: what happened, when, where, and who reported it. Nothing is here on the strength of a rumor. Where an account is disputed, or a decision was later reversed, the entry says so - because a record that only kept the grievances it liked would be worth nothing. Read them together and the pattern is hard to miss.
To read them together: Evidence groups the Records by country and subject.
For the wider context: read Russophobia. It examines the political and social context alongside the dated records below.
The record
- Lithuania brigade: several Bundeswehr soldiers with family ties to Russia or Belarus reportedly rejected ·Germany / Lithuania Several soldiers with family ties to Russia or Belarus reportedly failed security checks for the Lithuania brigade while remaining in service in Germany. The individual reasons are not public.
- Thirty years of German polls on Russia, and almost none about Russians ·Germany Four German survey series give dated readings on the Russian state from 1996 to 2026. None of them carries a long-run question about Russians as a people.
- Croatia refused visas to nine of Russia's gymnastics delegation, then issued four ·Zagreb, Croatia Nine of the 65 members of Russia's delegation to the 2026 European gymnastics championships in Zagreb were refused Croatian visas; four were admitted after European Gymnastics intervened.
- Assaults on Russian citizens in Germany since 2012: highest in 2024, pre-war peak in 2014 ·Deutscher Bundestag, Germany Two answers of the Federal Government give yearly figures on politically motivated crime in which Russian citizens were physically injured. The series begins in 2012, never reaches zero, and its pre-war high is 2014 - the year Russia annexed Crimea.
- Sparkasse KölnBonn restricted about 2,000 accounts of Russian and Belarusian nationals ·Cologne, Germany Sparkasse KölnBonn restricted online banking and card functions on about 2,000 accounts of Russian and Belarusian nationals who did not supply proof of EU residence status.
- CAS finds FIS ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes by nationality discriminatory ·Lausanne, Switzerland Two CAS panels found the FIS Council's blanket exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes by nationality discriminatory and in breach of the FIS Statutes; the appeals were only partly upheld.
- Latvia's migration office asked 841 Russian citizens to leave by 13 October 2025 ·Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (PMLP), Latvia Letters from Latvia's migration office asked 841 Russian citizens with expired permanent residence permits to leave by 13 October 2025; 358 had applied for new permits.
- Czech universities refused Russians and Belarusians; ombudsman faulted sanctions office ·Public Defender of Rights, Czechia Czech universities refused Russian and Belarusian applicants to technical programs on sanctions grounds; the ombudsman recorded fault against the regulator, not the schools.
- Reuters reports EU banks refusing accounts to Russian residents not under sanctions ·European Union Reuters interviewed around two dozen Russian expatriates in the EU, or their lawyers, who were refused bank accounts or had accounts closed while not themselves under sanctions.
- Linux kernel delisted eleven developers, including everyone with a .ru address, then restored one ·Linux kernel project On 18 October 2024 a patch removed eleven people, among them everyone listed under a .ru address, from the Linux kernel's MAINTAINERS file. A sanctions rule was given six days later, unofficially, with an apology for the handling. One of the eleven was restored.
- ING restricted accounts it recorded as Russian; four Dutch customers' complaints failed ·College voor de Rechten van de Mens, Netherlands Citing EU sanctions, ING capped accounts it recorded as Russian at EUR 100,000. Four customers, all Dutch nationals, complained; the Dutch equality body found no prohibited distinction.
- EU rights agency records police figures on incidents against Russian speakers ·European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Vienna, Austria FRA Bulletin 2, completed October 2022, records Finnish and German police figures and equality-body reports of alleged discrimination against Russian speakers.
- Estonia stopped issuing study visas and residence permits to Russian citizens ·Estonia From 30 July 2022 Estonia's Police and Border Guard Board stopped issuing study visas and temporary residence permits to Russian citizens. The Ministry of the Interior still listed the restriction among those in force on 5 July 2023.
- German government: 196 people with Russian or Belarusian roots reported discrimination ·Deutscher Bundestag, Germany Since February 2022, 196 people with Russian or Belarusian roots had approached the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency, the Federal Government told the Bundestag; 74 requests concerned banks.
- Russian and Belarusian players barred from Wimbledon 2022; ATP fined the LTA £820,000 ·United Kingdom Russian and Belarusian players were barred from Wimbledon 2022 and the LTA's grass-court events; the ATP fined the LTA £820,000, and the ban was lifted in March 2023.
- Contacted by banks over sanctions risk, refused service: Russian nationals complain to the federal anti-discrimination agency ·Berlin, Germany Russian nationals in Germany reported banks contacting them about sanctions risk and refusals at doctors' practices and restaurants; the federal anti-discrimination agency assessed the law.
- Germany, March 2022: attacks on shops, a school and a church, all connected to Russia ·Berlin, Oberhausen, Munich and elsewhere, Germany In the first weeks after 24 February 2022, businesses and institutions in Germany were attacked for their connection to Russia. The incidents are dated and documented. So is the fact that the attacks were exaggerated and partly invented for propaganda.
- University of Tartu barred new applicants who are Russian or Belarusian citizens ·Tartu, Estonia On 7 March 2022 the University of Tartu barred new applicants holding Russian or Belarusian citizenship without an EU residence permit or long-stay visa from bachelor's and master's study.
- Dublin piano competition barred nine Russian pianists, then reversed the ban ·Dublin, Ireland Roman Kosyakov was one of nine Russian pianists the Dublin International Piano Competition barred in March 2022. The board re-invited all countries in April; he took third prize in May.
What an entry is
An entry records something a named source reported and a reader can check: a court decision, an official statement, an ombudsman's finding, a report in the press. We describe what happened and link to where it was first reported. We do not put words into a source, and we do not let an adjective do the work of evidence.