It began like any other Saturday — until the silence was shattered by screams and metal clashing. Witnesses in Moscow’s Prokshino district watched in horror as masked men stormed the streets, wielding shovels and iron bars, chasing one another through residential lanes. “It was pure chaos… people were running for their lives,” one resident recalled.

Videos captured the terrifying moments: cars smashed, gates jumped, and men beaten as frightened locals hid indoors. Police rushed to the scene, arresting 11 suspects — mostly migrant workers — while others fled. At least five people were injured in the violent outburst that has reignited deep tensions over migration in Russia.

Officials believe the attack was sparked by a simmering dispute between rival groups of workers. Yet the timing feels grimly ironic. Just a day earlier, a top Russian banker urged the country to welcome more skilled migrants to sustain its struggling economy — even as violence flared among those already here.

“Without growth, there will be nothing,” he warned. But for many in Moscow, Saturday’s events showed a different truth — that social peace may be harder to build than any economy.

What do you think — can a society divided by fear and need truly move forward?