In January 2008 in Obninsk (Kaluga region) on Engels street at a bus stop, 4 minors attacked two citizens of Tajikistan - Dzhurbaev and Sultanov. The youths struck with their hands, feet, a knife and a glass bottle. One of the attackers stabbed Sultanov in the stomach. The injured man, 32 years old, died from penetrating stab wounds to the abdominal cavity in the intensive care unit of the Obninsk central medical unit.

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has threatened to shut down local television stations that do not explain the fundamentals of Islam. The head of the republic stated this during a meeting with the heads of regional administrations, imams of cities and regions of Chechnya, and heads of television companies. R.

An interdepartmental working group has been set up in the Chita region to counter extremism in the region. On January 10, 2008, the first meeting of the group was held in the regional prosecutor's office.

In mid-December 2007, in Novorossiysk, Nazi skinheads beat up a boy from Armenia. The boy was kicked in the head. The victim suffered a concussion and had his teeth knocked out. The parents of the beaten boy filed a complaint with the police. Based on Internet forums

On January 6, officers from the Department of Internal Affairs of the Western Administrative District of Moscow prevented Falun Gong practitioners from holding a rally to protest the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Recall that in March , the authorities twice denied Falun Gong practitioners permission to hold protests during a visit to Russia by the head of the People's Republic of China. Falun Gong followers tried to challenge these prohibitions in court.

On December 28, 2007, another attack was made on the synagogue in Astrakhan. After the evening service, two unidentified men began to throw stones at the windows of the facade, damaging the glass in the process. On January 1, 2008, glass on the facade of the building was broken again. Sources Anti-Semitic incidents in Russia in January 2008 // FEOR website. 2008. January.

It is planned to build a mosque in Sochi for the 2014 Olympics. for several years . The Muslim community has been unable to obtain a building permit According to Islam.ru , for the Olympics in Sochi (on the coastal and alluvial territory of the Black Sea, opposite the Maly Akhun of the Khostinsky district), it is planned to create an artificial island designed by the architect from the Netherlands, Eric Van Egeraat.

On January 1, 2008, an attack was made on the Astrakhan synagogue building. Unknown people broke glass on the facade of the building. This is not the first attack on a synagogue in the city. Sources Anti-Semitic incidents in Russia in January 2008 // Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia. 2008. January 29.