On March 31, 2008, the first meeting of the Syktyvkar city court was scheduled to consider the case of Savva Terentyev. The defense of the blogger accused of inciting hatred towards policemen insists on returning the case for further investigation. At a press conference held on March 19 in Syktyvkar, Terentyev's lawyers stated that significant violations had been committed during the investigation.

On March 19, 2008, an action was held in Moscow in memory of Alexei Krylov, who was killed by neo-Nazis on March 16. The comrades of the deceased first gathered on Maroseyka (near the place where he was killed) - they laid flowers, lit candles and stretched out a banner “Fascism will not pass!” .

On March 20, 2008, the Lefortovo Court of Moscow sentenced to two years in prison in a general regime colony a teenager who, together with other minors, beat 4 Turkish citizens. The defendant was found guilty under Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting national hatred with the use of violence or the threat of its use), as well as under Part 1 of Article 161 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (robbery).

On the eve of the Purim holiday celebrated on March 20, anti-Semitic leaflets were found at the entrances of residential buildings in Novosibirsk. The authors of the leaflets call on Russian parents to protect their children on the eve of the Jewish Passover. Jews "steal small children, pump out their blood and knead their sacred food - matzah" on the blood. According to Novosibirsk rabbi Zalman Zaklas, the city's Jewish community filed an official complaint with the police.

On March 20, 2008, anti-Semitic leaflets were found at the entrances of many residential buildings in Novosibirsk. The leaflets urge "Russian parents" to take special care of their children "on the eve of the Jewish Passover." The authors of the leaflets declare that the Jews "steal small children, pump out their blood and knead their sacred food - matzah" on the blood .

On March 18, the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Kirill (Gundyaev) of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, took part in the discussion “Human Rights and Intercultural Dialogue” at the VII session of the UN Human Rights Council. In his report , the bishop once again outlined the view of the Russian Orthodox Church on human rights.

On March 20, 2008, Moscow prosecutor Yuri Semin gave an interview to Rossiyskaya Gazeta, in which he said that the number of crimes "on the basis of religious, interethnic hostility is decreasing." “As for the growing wave of extremism, I am sure that this is not the case. Yes, there are crimes motivated by religious, interethnic hostility. Cases of this kind immediately get into the press and become resonant, and therefore it seems that only they are heard.

On March 19, 2008, Nikolai Shishkin, the prosecutor of the Voronezh region, issued a statement regarding the murder of a 15-year-old teenager motivated by racial and national hatred.

On March 20, 2008, the parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria adopted an appeal to the deputies of the Moscow City Duma, which expressed concern over the increasing frequency in Moscow of attacks on citizens motivated by ethnic hatred, the victims of which are, among other things, natives of Kabardino- Balkaria . "Such attacks, unfortunately, are often qualified by the investigating authorities as banal hooliganism.

In February 2008, employees of the Krasnoyarsk prosecutor's office discovered that two bookstores in the city were selling Vladimir Istarkhov's book "Blow of the Russian Gods." The prosecutor's office announced warnings to the heads of bookstores. The books have been withdrawn from public sale.

The winners of the "Vyatka Citizen" award turned to the deputies of the Kirov City Duma with a request to develop a plan for the gradual return of historical names to the streets of the city. The Vyatka diocese supported the initiative of the public and organized the collection of signatures in churches for the renaming of streets. The collected signatures are planned to be handed over to the city authorities on June 12.

On March 13, 2008, on the initiative of the Yabloko-United Democrats faction, a round table “Countering extremism on national grounds” was held in the Moscow City Duma.

The Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FEOR) announced the suspension of relations with the Council of Muftis of Russia (CMR). The reason was the statement of Nafigulla Ashirov, chairman of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Asian part of Russia, who called Zionism fascism. FEOR called on the RMC to evaluate this statement, but the RMC did not react in any way.