January 2010. Results of the month

In January 2010, at least 16 people were injured in racist and neo-Nazi attacks, three of whom died (In January 2009, at least 55 people were injured, 15 of whom died).

Violent incidents were recorded in Moscow (2 dead, 8 injured), St. Petersburg (6 injured), Kaliningrad (1 killed), Novosibirsk (1 injured).

In addition, in January 2010, at least 4 acts of vandalism were recorded (2 against objects belonging to Jehovah's Witnesses, one incident per "ideological" vandalism, and one against a Baptist object). In two cases, these were arson (on New Year's Eve in the city of Volzhsky, Volgograd Region, the buildings of Baptists and Jehovah's Witnesses were damaged).

Note that we have not recorded a single terrorist attack that could be attributed to the ultra-right. True, in January, Volgograd law enforcement authorities detained Maxim Konobeevsky on suspicion of sending SMS with threats of explosions of objects belonging to non-Slavs, but later the suspect's statement appeared that he was not involved in this crime.

In January 2010, two guilty verdicts were handed down in a case of racist violence that included a hate motive - in Nizhny Novgorod in the case of a group that called itself the National Socialist Workers Party of Russia, which committed several arsons) and in Moscow in the case of an attack on people of non-Slavic appearance in January 2009. In the latter case, however, only one defendant retained the racist motive as a qualifying feature under Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism). Charges under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting national hatred) and the motive of hatred in the charge under Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder), the jury that considered this case considered it unproven. In total, 11 people were convicted in these trials. And again, we draw attention to the lenientness of the sentence in the Nizhny Novgorod region, where 6 out of 9 defendants received suspended sentences.

In addition, in January 2010, at least five sentences were passed for xenophobic propaganda - in Cheboksary, Pechora (Komi Republic), Petrozavodsk, Tyumen (under Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (calls for extremist activity) and Krasnoyarsk). In these processes, 6 people were convicted (including 3 - conditionally without additional sanctions).

Three times (January 12, 13 and 20, 2010) the Federal List of Extremist Literature was updated. It rose from 467 to 474 points.

The most notable event in the field of public opposition to xenophobia, not only in January 2010, but also in the last few years, was the All-Russian action in memory of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova, held on January 19 in at least 13 cities of Russia. Over a thousand people took part in the anti-fascist procession and rally in Moscow.