On March 16-18, 2007, within the framework of the week of combating racism in St. Petersburg, an international conference "Extremism and xenophobia among young people through the prism of transnational studies" was held. The organizers of the conference - the Center for the Study of Germany and Europe of St.

On March 18, 2007, in St. Petersburg, two skinheads beat foreigners - a 23-year-old British citizen and a 22-year-old Moroccan citizen. According to the victims, the attackers shouted nationalist slogans and tried to rob them. The skinheads were scared off by a passing police patrol. The attackers were detained . Sources Two suspects in the beating of an Englishman and a Moroccan were detained in St. Petersburg // St. Petersburg.ru. 2007. March 19.

On March 17, 2007 in Voronezh, on suspicion of committing pogroms at a cemetery, the prosecutor's office of the Leninsky district of Voronezh detained two natives of Voronezh, 19 and 20 years old. During interrogation, they confessed. “The detainees confirmed their involvement in the abuse of grave structures at the Jewish cemetery both in January and March of this year ,” said Mikhail Usov, senior assistant to the regional prosecutor.

March 17, 2007 in St. Petersburg, in the garden. Chernyshevsky, a rally against racial prejudice and nationalism organized by the Anti-Fascist Initiative took place. Initially, the organizers planned to hold a procession, but the authorities of St. Petersburg allowed only the rally. The action was held within the framework of the International European Week against xenophobia and racial intolerance.

On March 18, 2007, in St. Petersburg, police officers detained two shaven-headed young men (19 and 20 years old) who attacked a 22-year-old Moroccan citizen and a 23-year-old British citizen. The skinheads were taken to the 79th police department. An investigation is being carried out and the issue of initiating a criminal case is being decided. During interrogation, the detainees stated that they acted from hooligan motives.

On the night of March 18, 2007 in Voronezh, unidentified people painted extremist inscriptions and fascist symbols on the wall of the city synagogue building. An operational group was sent to the scene of the incident, consisting of an investigator from the prosecutor's office and the prosecutor of the Leninsky district, operational officers of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate and the FSB of the region. The group was headed by First Deputy Regional Prosecutor Nikolay Tretyakov.

On March 15, 2006, Novaya Gazeta published a remark by VTsIOM sociologist Leonty Byzov about the electoral prospects of right-wing radicals and the demand for these slogans. The sociologist believes that "estimates of the electoral volume of the patriotic niche are rather contradictory .

were detained in St. Petersburg On March 16, 2006, Oleg Karataev, chairman of the Russian Thought club, Konstantin Dushenov, editor-in-chief of the infamous anti-Semitic newspaper Rus Pravoslavnaya, and "other figures of the Russian Resistance" .