Chief Rabbi of Russia (KEROOR) Adolf Shayevich urged Chairman of the State Committee for Sports of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Fetisov and President of the Russian Basketball Federation Sergei Chernov to prevent anti-Semitic antics of fans during sports competitions. The reason for this appeal was an incident in Yekaterinburg: during the semifinal match for the Russian Basketball Cup, spectators shouted anti-Semitic and racist insults at the Yekaterinburg women's team.

In March, in six regions of Russia - Irkutsk, Krasnodar, Perm, St. Petersburg, Moscow - the project "Counteracting hate speech: the civil position of Russian NGOs and the media" was launched .

On March 21, a protest rally against the construction of a Hare Krishna temple was held on Pushkinskaya Square in Moscow. According to Portal-Credo.ru , "the official organizers of the rally were the Council of Orthodox Youth Organizations, the Radonezh Society, the Irenaeus of Lyons Center, and the interregional public organization for the promotion of the upbringing of children and youth".

On March 18, 2004, the Ministry of Education issued an official statement "Studying at a university will no longer be a refuge from the army." It sets out the main theses of the speech of the former Minister of Education Vladimir Filippov, who has not yet received a new appointment, at a working meeting of rectors of commercial universities on March 17: “ All school graduates will be required to undergo initial military training before entering one or another educational institution.

The legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of freedom of conscience and legal regulation of the activities of religious associations includes normative acts from various areas of law. These include, first of all, the Constitution of the Russian Federation, international acts and international treaties of the Russian Federation, as well as federal laws of the Russian Federation and by-laws of federal government bodies.

The Social Information Agency and the Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights, with the support of the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIHR), announce a competition : Journalists against ethnic and religious intolerance; . The competition accepts publications on ethnic and religious issues that counteract manifestations of xenophobia.

In March 2004, a banner was posted on the Rosbalt portal announcing one of the site’s materials.

On March 20, 2004, in the traditional Saturday feuilleton, Maxim Sokolov, in particular, commented on the incorrect statements of Irina Khakamada after summing up the results of the resident elections. She, in particular, stated that the most pleasant outcome of the elections for her was that "people voted for a woman, and even with Japanese blood . " According to M. Sokolov , “praises uttered by people who managed to overcome Japanophobia and vote for I.M.

On March 19, 2004, Rossiyskaya Gazeta published an article “Foreign Legion”, dedicated to the opening of the first reception center for illegal migrants in Moscow. This is an ordinary report on the activities of the police to identify, detain and extradite illegal migrants.