Central Asians, North Caucasians, gays, and the homeless top Russia's list of hate-crime victims in 2015

Moscow and St. Petersburg again led Russia in xenophobic hate crimes last year, according to a new report by the Sova Human Rights Center.

In Sova's 2015 report on xenophobic hate crimes throughout Russia, the organization recorded 3 murders and 26 injured in Moscow, and 3 murders and 14 injured in St. Petersburg. There was also noticeable violence in Moscow oblast (5 injured), Samara oblast (3 injured), and Novosibirsk oblast (3 injured).

Warning that it works with incomplete data, Sova recorded a total of 9 murders and 68 injured throughout 17 regions of Russia in connection with crimes tied to xenophobia and ethnic hatred. The human rights workers say most of the victims of these crimes are people from Central Asia and the North Caucasus.

Sova's report also lists attacks on LGBTI members and homeless people.