November 2009. Results of the month

During November 2009, racist and neo-Nazi-motivated attacks, according to our records, affected at least 10 people, two of whom died. In addition to Moscow, incidents occurred in Omsk, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and St. Petersburg. The most resonant attacks in November, in which there is every reason to assume a motive of hatred, were the murders of anti-fascist Ivan Khutorsky (Kostolom) and Orthodox priest Daniil Sysoev. In November 2008, 6 people were killed and at least 28 were injured.

In total, since the beginning of 2009, at least 54 people have died in 36 regions of Russia from racist and neo-Nazi attacks, and at least 294 have received various injuries. During the same period in 2008, 105 people died and at least 449 were injured.

In November, at least five acts of vandalism were recorded in five Russian regions (one each against Jewish and Muslim objects and three graffiti actions, one way or another connected with the preparation and holding of the Russian March in Russian regions). In total, since the beginning of 2009, we have recorded at least 91 acts of ideologically and racist motivated vandalism, including at least 9 arsons.

However, these statistics do not include arson and explosions, and attempted explosions committed by the ultra-right for ideological reasons, which, in our opinion, would be incorrectly classified as "vandalism" (arson of police stations, apartments of "non-Slavs" and law enforcement officers, dummies of bombs, etc.). In November, at least two such incidents were recorded - a dummy bomb thrown at one of the stations of the St. Petersburg metro and an arson of the Pivnyak store in Moscow. In total, since the beginning of the year, we have recorded at least 18 such incidents in seven regions of Russia.

In addition, at the very end of November (between November 25 and 28), three statements were published on the Internet in which the ultra-right claimed responsibility for a whole series of crimes: three murders, an explosion on November 25 at a bus stop in St. Petersburg, a dummy bomb in the St. Petersburg metro and the blowing up of the Nevsky Express on November 27, as a result of which at least 26 people died. If the statement of responsibility for blowing up the Nevsky Express looks like a frank PR action, then the rest of the texts give reason to believe that their authors have something to do with real crimes or connected with criminals.

One of the most resonant events in November is traditionally the Russian March on November 4, organized by the ultra-right on an all-Russian scale. In 2009, in addition to Moscow (where there were already traditionally several events organized by competing ultra-right groups), marches and rallies were held in at least 12 regions of Russia. In three more cases, the ultra-rightists either "appropriated" "foreign" shares, or we still cannot find confirmation of the DPNI information that the shares took place at all.

In November, the Federal List of Extremist Materials was added twice (November 12 and 19) to include paragraphs. 450-454, with four of the five positions as "materials" prohibiting Internet resources. Thus, as of December 1, the Federal List consists of 454 items, of which 15 were included in the list twice, another one three times, and decisions on recognizing six more materials as extremist were canceled by various courts.

In November, at least three convictions were handed down for violent crimes, in which the hate motive was taken into account: two in the Moscow region and one in Voronezh. In total, 8 people were convicted in these processes, none of whom received a punishment not related to deprivation of liberty. In total, since the beginning, 41 trials related to violent racist crimes have ended with convictions. 125 people were convicted in them (including 27 people sentenced on probation without additional sanctions or released from punishment on various grounds).

However, by far the most resonant event of November was the arrest of two suspects in the murder of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova - Nikita Tikhonov and Yevgenia Khasis.

Four convictions were handed down in November for xenophobic propaganda (in Ivanovo, Vladimir, Kaliningrad and the Komi Republic). Four people were convicted (including one - conditionally and one released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations).

In total, since the beginning of the year for xenophobic propaganda under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred), 35 convictions were issued against 47 people (22 of them were sentenced on probation and without additional sanctions or released from punishment for various reasons).