And although Latipov says that the altercation was unprovoked from his side, the fact of his ethnicity was enough for Russian nationalists to assume that the two Russian men were acting in self-defense. 
Na ingawa Latipov anasema kwamba mabishano hayo hayakuanzia kwake, lakini ukweli kuwa rangi yao ilikuwa sababu tosha kwa Wahafidhina wa Kirusi kudhania kuwa wa-Rusi hao wawili walifanya hayo katika jitihada za kujilinda.