In Novosibirsk, a sentence was passed under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting national hatred) in the case of Igor Kolodezenko, leader of the Novosibirsk branch of the NDPR, editor-in-chief and publisher of the right-wing radical newspaper Rodnaya Sibir. The Oktyabrsky District Court sentenced him to 2 years in prison. The convict was taken into custody in the courtroom. Recall that before that, I.

On June 19, 2007, in St. Petersburg, an attack was made on a senior researcher at the Kunstkamera, head of the group for the rights of social minorities of the St. Petersburg Union of Scientists, Valentina Uzunova. A 59-year-old victim with a concussion was taken to the neurosurgery department of the Alexander Hospital. V. Uzunova was attacked by an unknown woman (according to other sources - a man) in a camouflage uniform, struck several blows on the head and, tearing out her bag, disappeared.

On June 19, 2007, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, several verdicts were announced in criminal cases against rightwing extremists. In St. Petersburg the jury found a group of young men guilty in the murder of Roland Epassak, a citizen of Congo, who was stabbed to death in September, 2005. This was the second attempt to try the defendants in that case.

The Moscow Bureau for Human Rights (MBHR) has compiled a list of 12 books that MBHR experts consider extremist, containing statements of a racist and anti-Semitic nature. In the near future, the list is planned to be sent to the Prosecutor General's Office with a demand to initiate a criminal case against their authors. According to human rights activists, the publications they selected pose a public danger, as they can become a “guide to action” for extremists.

On June 20, 2007, in Barnaul, members of a group of Nazi skinheads attacked Mikhail Kundin, an Altaian. The man was beaten with hammers and then stabbed to death. The attack became known from the news about the trial of a group of Nazi skinheads. The verdict in the case was handed down at the end of June 2009. Sources In Barnaul began the trial of the extremist community "Wolves of Odin" // Information agency "AMITEL". 2009. February 3.

The members of the Missionary Department of the Tula diocese became members of the Public Chamber of the Tula Region. On June 19, within the framework of the Human Rights Committee of the Chamber, the Commission for the Protection of the Rights of Citizens in the Field of Public Morality and Spiritual Life was established.

The Orthodox of the Tambov region sent the sculpture of St. Nicholas of Myra by Zurab Tsereteli. This decision was made at a meeting of a special commission assembled by Bishop Theodosius of Tambov and Michurinsky. “There are no artistic claims - the monument was executed superbly. But questions of a canonical order arise,” commented the head of the architectural and construction department of the diocese, Archpriest Georgy Neretin, commenting on the commission’s decision.

On June 20, the presentation of the quarterly report of the SOVA Center, “Sowing in the Glade of Russian Nationalism,” dedicated to the manifestations of radical nationalism in Russia and counteraction to it in the spring of 2007, took place. The authors of the report, Galina Kozhevnikova and Alexander Verkhovsky, took part in the press conference. In Galina Kozhevnikova’s speech, attention was paid to the growing activity of right-wing radicals.

On June 20, 2007, a native of Azerbaijan, Bagirov, was stabbed to death in Volgograd. Suspected of the murder, local residents David Bashelutskov and Stanislav Lukhmyrin were put on the wanted list. They were detained in Moscow in January 2009 on suspicion of attempting to blow up a McDonald's restaurant. It is also known that two of their accomplices were detained by Volgograd law enforcement agencies and convicted. However, the details of the trial and the date of sentencing are unknown.

On the night of June 19, at the cemetery N3 of Vodny village of the Komi Republic, unknown people knocked down tombstone crosses on 18 graves. The cemetery manager reported the incident to the police. An investigation is underway. Sources Another cemetery desecrated in Komi // Regions.ru. 2007. June 20. (With reference to "Komi-inform")