Sky News: UK hate crimes against Russians growing.

(RT) ⸻ A Sky News investigation released on Friday found that Russians in the UK have been subject to an increasing number of hate crimes, including violent assaults, abuse and vandalism. The number of such offenses has more than doubled since the start of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022. The outlet's findings were based on the information it received in response to freedom of information requests it sent to 45 territorial police forces and British Transport Police. Of these, 14 provided data on crimes targeting Russians, while the rest either did not respond to Sky, or said it would be too difficult to collect such information. Some police forces also told the outlet that the nationality of crime victims was often not recorded. Examples include an assault on a building site in Derbyshire in central England, where a worker told his victim before attacking him: "I hate you Russians". In another instance, a Russian victim was pushed to the floor, with the culprit saying "All Russians are murderers." A Russian-born woman living in North Wales was abused by her neighbor who told her to "f*** off home". In the same region, an "obscene word" was written on a woman's car as the offender mistakenly believed she was Russian. Across the UK, anti-Russian crimes are counted in the dozens, with Greater Manchester Police recording 13 race hate crimes against Russians since the start of the Ukraine conflict, compared to just six in 2021 and two in 2020. In March 2022, Russia's Foreign Ministry reported an unprecedented level of Russophobia in numerous countries, with the most common actions being refusal to provide services, crackdown on Russia-linked business and coercion to condemn Moscow's actions.