On May 9, 2007 in Murmansk, during the Victory Parade at the monument to Alyosha, a group of skinheads (6-7 people) lined up along the column of marchers and, throwing out their hands in a fascist greeting, began to chant "Heil Hitler! " . The skinhead action was immediately suppressed by OMON officers. Sources Kozlova A. One Victory for All // Polar truth (Murmansk). 2007. May 11.

An advertising poster of the Gulfstream club with an invitation to the Victory Night disco on the eve of May 9 was sent to the Pervomaisky prosecutor's office in Murmansk for verification. At the bottom of the poster there is an inscription "Balts and Poles do not worry." The poster was posted at public transport stops. The material will be checked for signs of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred).

On May 9, 2007, an anti-fascist action was held in Yaroslavl on Volkov Square. About 10 young anti-fascists handed out leaflets to passers-by: "Down with racism" , "No xenophobia" , and also - "Entrance is allowed to EVERYONE" . The last leaflet was a response to the placement in one of the cafes in the city of a discriminatory and offensive sign "No Estonians and dogs" .

On May 10, a press release was published on the official website of the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate with a report on the events on the territory of the memorial complex near the Church of All Saints on Sokol, where a right-wing radical action was held on May 9 with the laying of flowers at the memorial slab to the White Guard generals, some of whom in the years of the 2nd world war actively cooperated with the Nazi government.

On May 11, 2007, a 21-year-old local resident was detained in Tomsk, suspected of attacking a citizen of Guinea-Bessau, a teacher at the local university, Marcelino Barbose. A criminal case initiated against a suspect under Part 2 of Art. 116 (beating out of hooligan motives). Sources In Tomsk, a young man was arrested for beating a foreigner // News. 2007. May 11.

*We are publishing documents on the case of the head of the Amur regional branch of the Union of the Russian People Igor Terekhov, accused under Art. Article 282 (incitement of national hatred) and 282-1 (creation of an extremist community): Decree of the city prosecutor's office of Blagoveshchensk dated May 6, 2007 on bringing him as an accused on the case and Decree of the Blagoveshchensk City Court dated May 8, 2007 on the choice of a measure of restraint in the form of detention for him.

We are publishing an analysis of the results of the next, sixth , stage of monitoring hate speech in the Russian media. The study was conducted by the SOVA Center from September 1 to December 31, 2006 and was presented for the first time at the conference "Hate Speech and Xenophobia: Russia, XXI Century" held on February 8, 2007 at the Moscow House of Journalists.

In Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast, a trial has been resumed in a case of distribution of anti-Semitic leaflets, initiated by the prosecutor's office in November 2006 against 21-year-old security agency employee Igor Bazanov. I. Bazanov is charged with Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national and religious hatred).

The Union of Orthodox Citizens of St. Petersburg appealed to the Governor of the region V.I. Matvienko with a request to prevent a gay pride parade from being held in the city. As stated in the text of the appeal, "the sodomites hope to obtain permission from the city authorities to hold a march on May 26, 2007. Let us recall that attempts to hold a "gay parade" in Moscow ended in a scandal.

At the cemetery in Baltiysk (Kaliningrad region), vandals destroyed about 70 tombstones and grave crosses. At the regional police department, an Interfax correspondent was told that there was no selectivity in the actions of the vandals. "Judging by the first conclusions made on the basis of numerous traces of unknown persons, the hooligans, being in a state of alcoholic intoxication, destroyed all the graves in a row," the agency reports.

Deputy A.V. Chuev withdrew the draft law proposed by him in November 2005 on the non-obligation of the TIN. As can be seen from the electronic registration card of the Internet portal "Legislative Activity" for this draft law, the committee on taxes and fees recommended to reject it on April 17, 2007. The consideration of the draft at a meeting of the State Duma was scheduled for April 20. However, the day before A.V. Chuev withdrew his offer.

Lawyers of the interregional human rights association "Agora" appealed to the prosecutor's office of the Stavropol Territory with a demand to initiate a criminal case under paragraphs. "a", "b" part 2 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred with the threat of violence by a person using his official position) against the ataman of the Stavropol Cossack district of the Terek Cossack army Mikhail Serkov.