Galina Kozhevnikova We are publishing a report on the monitoring of Hate Speech in the Russian media, conducted by the SOVA Center from September 4 to October 16, 2004 - a month and a half after the tragic events in North Ossetia. This is the fourth stage of research conducted since 2001 within the framework of the Hate Speech in Russian Media project.

On November 23, 2004, destroyed tombstones and monuments were discovered at the old Jewish cemetery in Makhachkala. In total, about ten graves were desecrated. This is not the first case of vandalism at the city cemetery, and the perpetrators have never been found. Sources Makhachkala. Jewish cemetery desecrated // Regions.ru. November 29, 2004

On November 15, 2004, the Council for Information Disputes of the Nizhny Novgorod Region issued a decision regarding the publication of anti-Gypsy articles in the newspapers Nashe Vremya. 21st Vek and Nizhegorodskaya Pravda. The reason for the proceedings was the appeal to the Council of the Executive Director of the NRO "Center for Interethnic Interaction "Dialogue" E. Borisova on the fact of the publication of articles by journalist I.

Magomed Gadzhiev, editor-in-chief of the Dagestan newspaper Nur-ul Islam, in a recently published article cited facts of violations by police officers of the rights of believers in South Dagestan. He called what is happening in the republic “outrageous with the full connivance of the victims themselves”, who did not apply to either the police or the prosecutor’s office, and asked the question: is the Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan A.

On November 25, Rossiyskaya Gazeta published an article by Andrei Kolesnikov, “The Russians are Coming,” in which the author once again expresses concern that xenophobia is not only not suppressed, but is even encouraged by the state. The reason for writing the article was the decision of the Timiryazevsky Court of Moscow in the case of V. Korchagin. A.

On November 1, 2004, the head of the Khabarovsk branch of the National Bolshevik Party (NBP), Rem Latypov, was charged with "inciting ethnic hatred and humiliating national dignity" (Article 282 part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The reason was anti-Semitic leaflets found in the possession of the press secretary of the Khabarovsk NBP, Pavel Gorelov. According to the NBP members themselves, the leaflets were found back in October 2003.

President of the Institute for the Study of Israel and the Middle East, President of the Russian Jewish Congress Yevgeny Satanovsky discusses how Russia should counter the terrorist threat. In his opinion, three components of the antiterrorist strategy are vital for success: "awareness of what is happening, readiness for action and the ability to respond "according to the situation"". First of all, writes E. Satanovsky, "it must be stated that modern terrorism is a long-term one.

On November 26, 2004, Patriarch Alexy II delivered a welcoming address dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the Russian Internet. Highly appreciating the possibilities of the Internet as a fundamentally new means of communication between people, the patriarch expressed concern that in this space one can meet "propaganda of violence and cruelty, unverified or deliberately false information ...

On November 28, 2004, at about 12:00 pm in Maykop, Timur Shkhaltukh, an Adyghe repatriate from Jordan, and two of his friends were beaten up by unknown persons who looked like skinheads. According to the victims, the skinheads were armed with firearms, but they were not allowed to use them. Timur Shkhaltukh received a head injury and underwent surgery, now he is in intensive care.

On November 28, 2004, on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow, the Russian National Movement planned to hold an unsanctioned protest rally against the unauthorized transfer of Russian territories by the acting president of the Russian Federation, Putin V.V." " However, the rally did not take place. The organizers of the rally believe that this happened due to the fact that the police detained hypothetical supporters of the movement who were trying to come to the rally from other Russian cities. Comm.

November 22, 2004 in Moscow, under the chairmanship of the leader of the Cathedral movement artist Vyacheslav Klykov, a meeting of the Coordinating Council for the reconstruction of the social movement "Union of the Russian People" was held. Sculptor V.M. Klykov. The meeting was attended by Mikhail Nazarov, Vladimir Bolshakov, Alexander Shakhmatov, Alexander Kalina, editor of the newspaper Russkiy Vestnik Alexei Senin, editor of the news agency Russkaya Liniya Anatoly Stepanov and others.