The Council of Interreligious Accord of St. Petersburg made a statement "in connection with the intensification of anti-Islamic sentiments in the city, the biased attitude of the executive and judicial authorities of the city towards representatives of the Muslim religion, and the increased cases of fabrication of criminal cases against them," Islam.ru reports . In particular, the document concerns the case of the assassination attempt on V. Matvienko.

March 21, 2008 in Moscow near the metro station "River Station" on the street. Festivalnaya Ella Gedeyeva, born in 1973, was brutally murdered by two unknown persons. (a native of Kalmykia, a citizen of Russia). The attackers inflicted about ten stab wounds incompatible with life on her. When the woman was already dead, her throat was cut. According to witnesses, two aggressive young men attacked the woman and began to beat her. Now law enforcement agencies are looking for criminals.

On March 21, 2008, the head of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nikolai Basmanov, made a statement on the case of Savva Terentyev, condemning not only him, but also the human rights activists who stood up for him.

March 23, 2008 in Khabarovsk near the house number 72 on the street. Lazo was killed in his own car by a taxi driver, an Azerbaijani citizen Rasim Yahya-oglu Shahverdiyev. His body with 24 strokes with a penknife was found by employees of a special motorized military unit on duty on the street. Lazo of the Railway District of Khabarovsk. Officers noticed two men running away, one of whom was immediately detained. Soon a second suspect was discovered.

On March 21, 2008, on the All-European Day against Racism, a press conference "Xenophobic attitudes among Russian youth are taking the form of an epidemic" was held in Moscow at the Independent Press Center. The event was attended by: Ashot Hayrapetyan (Center for Interethnic Cooperation); Levon Mukanyan (Youth Association of the Union of Armenians of Russia); Olga Abramenko (Director of the St.

On March 23, 2008, in Bryansk, two Nazi skinheads, after the action "Food Instead of Bombs", attacked one of the group's activists, who was walking with a girl on the Mound of Immortality. The attackers threw the anti-fascist to the ground and hit him several times in the head. Based on Internet forums.

In Ingushetia, police detained a healer on suspicion that, under the guise of treatment, he introduced young people to Wahhabism, Interfax reports on March 24 . During the search, in addition to ammunition, 22 Wahhabi brochures, 22 audio cassettes, 38 CDs and a music center were seized. The seized materials were sent to Tatarstan for examination to identify extremist content in them.

On March 24, 2008, the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation announced the initiation of a criminal case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity on religious and national grounds) against Pyotr Kuznetsov, the leader of reclusive sectarians who, in anticipation of the end of the world, walled up in a dugout in the Penza region.

The Administration of the President of the Russian Federation responded to the appeal of religious and public figures of Karelia regarding the Federal List of Extremist Materials reports on March 23 , Islamnews . The Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation for Work with Citizens' Appeals considered the questions asked by citizens and instructed the regional ministry for national policy and relations with religious associations to take them under its control.

On March 16, 2008, at about 20:00 in Moscow, in a metro train car, on the Lyublino-Volzhskaya stage, two Nazi skinheads attacked a young man. The skinheads hung on the railing and kicked the young man in the face. An eyewitness, riding in a neighboring car, noticed two more Nazi skinheads at the end of the car. One of the passengers began spraying the attackers with a spray can of hairspray. Nazi skinheads were driven into a corner of the car.

A criminal case has been initiated against the leader of the Penza hermits under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred or enmity on religious or national grounds), Interfax reported on March 24. The Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor's Office (SKP) of the Russian Federation stated that a criminal case was initiated based on the results of a psychological and linguistic examination of the books seized from Pyotr Kuznetsov.

On March 22, 2008, in the center of Orel (near the Drama Theatre), two Nazi skinheads armed with knives attacked an activist of the "Food Instead of Bombs" action, a musician, bass player of the "Make a Change" band. The musician managed to fight off the Nazis and escape. Based on Internet forums.