By the end of March 2004, skinheads became more active in the city of Tambov. Brigades of 10 - 15 people break into the territory of the campus and beat foreigners. At the end of March 2004, a 22-year-old Vietnamese man and his friend were beaten in Tambov. A crowd of 15 people kicked the foreigners. Around the same time, in an Internet cafe, a company of skinhead teenagers in camouflage with a fascist swastika on their sleeves attacked a Jordanian.

On April 1, 2004, three young men suspected of killing an Afghan citizen were detained in Moscow . On the fact of the murder, a criminal case was initiated under Part 4 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code - "deliberate infliction of harm to health, resulting in the death of the victim." Sources Three suspects in murder of Afghan citizen arrested // Polit.ru. 2004. April 1

Volgograd Mayor's Office appealed to the city prosecutor's office about holding an unsanctioned prayer service three weeks ago, initiated by the Union of the Russian People.

In March 2004, in Tambov, in response to the activation of skinheads, foreign students created the International Student Patrol. It includes about fifty people armed with wooden sticks and clubs for protection. In the evenings, a foreign patrol gathers near the dorms and bypasses the territory. Sources Sedykh I., Zagorodnova D. Tambov foreigners patrol the streets // KP-Tambov. 2004. April 1

**Galina Kozhevnikova Under. ed. A. Verkhovsky** Our study is a continuation of the previous stage, which was carried out in October 2001 - April 2002, and "interim" monitoring of the federal media, covering a period of four months after the hostage-taking in the theater center on Dubrovka in Moscow. Let us recall that the first stage of monitoring was carried out by the Panorama Center (federal mass media) and the Moscow Helsinki Group (regional mass media).