Representative of the Moscow department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on extremist crimes in 2008.

On January 19, 2009, Victoria Tsyplenkova, assistant head of the Moscow department of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office (SKP) of the Russian Federation, announced that in 2008 the number of crimes of an "extremist orientation" increased by 40% in the region.

According to the assistant manager, under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred or enmity) in 2008, 51 criminal cases were opened. (Note that we are talking about the initiation of cases, which of them will reach the court is unknown). "During the specified period, four murders of an extremist orientation were registered, and taking into account the crimes of past years, 32 criminal cases were in production in 2008, including many episodes," Tsyplenkova said.

Recall that according to our data, in 2008, were handed down at least 41 convictions for nationalist propaganda under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, and in 8 cases out of 33 known to us , Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation was used to designate the motive of hatred in violent crimes.

SKP initiated 989 criminal cases on the fact of murder in 2008 in Moscow // RIA Novosti. 2009. December 19.