"Since the beginning of 2008, 16 crimes committed based on national hatred have been registered in Moscow..."
The Moscow Department of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, together with the MUR, is creating a "single database of nationalist crimes in Moscow." This was announced on February 15, 2008 by acting. Valery Spasennykh, head of the Investigative Committee of the RF Investigative Committee for Moscow, at the board of the Investigative Department for the city.