On December 20, 2004, Yuri Ponomarev, Prosecutor of the Kostroma Region, held a press conference at which he announced the discovery of the crime of a group of skinheads who on November 27 attacked a Vietnamese couple and severely beat them. A criminal case was initiated under Art.

On December 14-16, 2004, the second training seminar for leaders of national associations and the Moscow police, organized by the Center for Interethnic Cooperation, was held in the Zvenigorod boarding house near Moscow.

On December 20, at a meeting of the collegium of the Ryazan Education Department, for the first time, the issue of conducting the "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture" in the city's schools was considered. The head of the department, Vladimir Zhivikin, confirmed that the teaching of this subject cannot be mandatory and is possible only on an optional basis.

On December 15-17, a conference of the All-Russian Orthodox Youth Movement (VPMD) was held in St. Petersburg. Employees of diocesan youth departments from 60 regions of Russia and Belarus took part in the forum. Among other topics discussed were the problems of the Orthodox media. According to the conference participants, the Orthodox media do not yet meet the interests of young people.

On December 20, 2004, the trial of Igor Kolodezenko, the leader of the Novosibirsk branch of the NDPR, ended in the Novosibirsk Central District Court. Kolodezenko was found guilty under Art. 282 part 2, paragraph "b" (Inciting ethnic hatred using the media) and sentenced to 2.5 years of probation. This is the second trial of I. Kolodezenko. He was convicted for the first time under the same article on May 29, 2003.

On November 27, 2004, in Kostroma, a group of teenagers attacked a Vietnamese couple and severely beat them. The victims suffered multiple stab wounds, they were taken to the hospital in serious condition, where they are still undergoing treatment. The incident took place near the hostel where the victims live. Bleeding people were found by passers-by and the police were called. is underway An investigation .

The MUR refutes the version that the murder of Dmitry Tarkeladze, a native of the Caucasus, committed on December 19, 2004 in Moscow, had the character of national hatred. On December 21, MUR press secretary A. Bakhromeev said that, according to the investigation, the murder of D. Tarkeladze was of a domestic nature. "The MUR completely rejects the version of the murder on the basis of interethnic relations ," Bakhromeev stressed.

The Jewish community of Ivanovo is outraged by the lack of response from the authorities to the appearance of blasphemous advertising in the local press. A new video salon called "Babi Yar" has been created in the city. In advertisements distributed by the media, visitors to Babi Yar are promised "unforgettable experiences .