High levels of interethnic tension have persisted in the Moscow metropolitan area for more than a decade. As the high degree of national and religious tension leads to changes in the religious and sociocultural landscape, studying the issues of ethno-religious interaction is crucial for an accurate assessment of various areas of activity, especially in the context of the geopolitical turbulence that Russia has faced in recent years. The development of ethno-religious conflicts depends on many factors: political, socio-economic, and sociocultural transformations, mass unregulated migration, the propaganda ambivalence of media networks that use digital technologies, etc. Against this backdrop, the intolerant attitudes of the city's population inevitably grow. Sociological studies conducted at the Institute of Demographic Research of the Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences examined the views of religious youth on phenomena in the field of interethnic and ethno-religious relations. It was revealed that the motives for the growth of religious youth groups and their appeal to confessions are based on the belief that traditional religions are the guardians of national, spiritual, moral, and cultural values. It is in these religions that young people seek protection from the infringement of their national rights, the loss of their national identity, and the risk of destruction of their cultural mentality. Thus, the focus of the sociological research is on studying the problem of ethno-confessional interaction and the degree of national and religious tolerance/intolerance among various religious groups (as exemplified by students) in the capital city. To determine the level of “ethno-confessional tolerance culture”, two typological groups were formed: “consecutive believers” and “new believers”. The formation of beliefs about national oppression and the humiliation of national dignity is associated with the growth of intolerant ethno-religious interaction, which can be observed in all aspects of the analysis of the group of “new believers”. The verbal orientation towards active conflict actions is more characteristic of the group of “new believers”, whereas the group of “convinced believers” has a smaller “conflict charge”, and is more tolerant and tolerant of other nationalities. As for inter-religious relations, both groups of believers, for the most part, are neutral and tolerant towards representatives of other religions. Thus, the results of this study confirm previous monitoring studies that the sources of tension in the field of ethno-religious interaction are primarily related to interethnic relations, and the level of religious intolerance does not generally lead to an increase in conflict potential in the religious sphere.