On December 21, 2007, it became known that Nazi skinheads near one of the Moscow cemeteries attacked 32-year-old Moscow resident Zhanna D.

*On December 11, the 110th (special) issue of the Non-Governmental Organizations Bulletin "The Legislative Process in the State Duma: Human Rights Analysis" was published. This issue contains an overview of the main changes in the anti-extremist legislation in 2007, prepared by Alexander Verkhovsky, Director of the Information and Analytical Center SOVA.

On December 20, 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at a gala evening dedicated to the Day of Security Service Workers, stated that the FSB of the Russian Federation should firmly oppose nationalism and chauvinism. "An urgent task remains a tough opposition to nationalism and chauvinism, any attempts to incite inter-religious and inter-ethnic hatred ," - said V. Putin. V. Putin said that " "tolerance, friendliness and openness are in the nature of all the peoples of Russia .

The prosecutor's office of the Leninsky district of Astrakhan submitted to the court a criminal case on involvement in the Jamaat Muvahids organization.

On December 19, 2007, in Moscow, 8 Nazi skinheads attacked the leader of the hippie group "Man and Bird", artist, musician Vasily Alekseev and beat him with bats. The injured musician with a broken head was taken to the emergency room by friends. Fortunately, there is no danger to his life. Sources Skinheads beat a hippie musician in Moscow with bats // Action.Online. 2007. December 21. Jump booms in Moscow //Indymedia. 2007. December 19.

On December 20, 2007, the Kondopoga city court announced the verdict in a criminal case on charges of the former operative duty officer of the city department of internal affairs, Alexei Kostin, under part 3 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("negligence, negligently resulting in the death of two or more persons"). The court found A.

"Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture" is taught in 130 schools in the Kaluga region. Governor Anatoly Artamonov announced this on October 20 at the opening of the conference "State educational standards of the new generation in the context of the formation of moral and spiritual values ​​of students." Sources "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture" are taught in 130 schools in the Kaluga region // Week.ru. 2007. December 20.

The Leninsky District Court of Kirov ruled "to establish signs of extremism" in the anti-Semitic film "Russia with a knife in the back. Jewish fascism and the genocide of the Russian people." On December 20, 2007, the court decision entered into force.

In Tatarstan, a Muslim conscript chose the alternative civilian service (ACS). The Federal Labor Agency sent him to the Spetsstroy organization in Izhevsk, where he will serve for a year and a half. There have already been cases when Muslims chose the ACS. For example, in 2007, one of the Muslims completed his service in the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service for Tatarstan. His choice was also due to religious reasons.

On December 20, the Legislative Assembly approved two bills in support of religious organizations. First, while amending the regional budget for 2007, the deputies provided for the allocation of 11 million rubles to religious organizations. This amount is supposed to be proportionally divided among the "traditional" confessions. At the same time, Deputy Governor Vladimir Ivanov could not clearly explain how exactly the funds would be distributed.