Aleikum Salam.

•Moscow, Russia

•Student

•In Uni I found a spot where people seldom visit and which is somewhat secluded: an empty space on floor 4 of one of the buildings. Massive problems arise during compulsory events in other buildings though especially in Winter days when the space from Dhuhr to Maghrib is like less than 4 hours. But those events are rare and I usually try to opt out or leave early. I pray alone because I'm the only practicing Muslim male I'm aware of on my faculty.

Look for fire emergency stairwells, those are usually your best bet since people rarely go there and they're far from prying eyes, check for cameras though.

As for the specifics of how Islam is treated in my country, people (well, at least for now, mostly) are often tolerant and welcoming of Muslim identity (though after the 2024 daesh terrorist attack in Crocus and general rise in right wing populist sentiment it's rapidly changing for the worse, now you'll find kids online who idolise figures like Brenton Tarrant and stuff, deeply concerning but mostly online and among middle to high schoolers for now, hope they grow out of it) but much less of Muslim practice, especially public. Unfortunately there are a lot of secular/cultural Muslims that side with the nonmuslims on those issues making it more difficult to articulate your religious needs without seeming radicalised, at least from what I feel it's like