At the end of April, the parish council of the Trinity Church in Lipetsk turned to the community of Evangelical Christian Baptists with a proposal to vacate the church until May 15th. In the late 1980s, the Trinity Church was transferred to the use of the Baptist community, but on April 19, 2007, by order of the regional government, the church building was transferred to the Orthodox diocese.

On April 27, 2008 in Moscow, on the Taras Shevchenko Embankment, the "Serbian Easter March" was held, organized by the Eurasian Youth Union. Up to a thousand people took part in it. The protesters marched from the Bagration Tower to the Ukraine Hotel (that is, along the path of the Russian March ).

In the Smolensk region, by order of the governor, the Orthodox holiday Radonitsa - the day of commemoration of the dead (May 6) is declared a day off. Heads of enterprises, institutions and organizations are recommended to move the working day to Saturday, May 17. This practice has developed in the region since 2004 . Sources Radonitsa in the Smolensk region declared a day off // Interfax-religion. 2008. April 29.

The Muslims of the Urals are outraged that the St. George ribbons are sold in the kiosks of Rospechat. In their opinion, this is blasphemy in relation to the memory of those who died during the Great Patriotic War. According to the action's authors, St. George's ribbons should be distributed free of charge. However, in Yekaterinburg, on the eve of Victory Day, ribbons are sold for 8-10 rubles. told RIA Novosti "The St.

April 27, 2008 in St. Petersburg on the front door of the nightclub "ARCTICA CLUB" was noticed an announcement that indicated the rules for visiting the institution. are not allowed into the club According to them, "persons of Caucasian nationality" . Sources Club ARCTICA: Persons of Caucasian nationality are not allowed to enter // ZAKS.Ru. 2008. April 27.

On April 27, 2008, in Moscow, on the Taras Shevchenko Embankment, during the "Serbian Easter March", unknown people in gauze bandages beat several black demonstrators walking at the end of the column. The two attackers were detained by the police. Sources Police arrest two hooligans who attacked black demonstrators // CITY-FM.Ru. 2008. April 27.

On April 29, 2008, in Akhtubinsk (Astrakhan region), the investigation into the case of the Akhtubinsk People's Movement "Toward the Power of God" community, which was engaged in anti-Semitic propaganda among the local population from February 2002 to September 2007, was completed. According to Part 1 and Part 2 of Art.

On April 29, 2008, the Ivanovo Regional Court considered cassation appeal against the verdict in the case of Ivan and Sergei Novikov, convicted of assault on members of the Jewish community - on the rabbi of the local synagogue Zvi Hershovich, the head Ivanovo Jewish community of Canadian citizen Erwin Kirshtein in June 2007 in Ivanovo. Recall that the case against I. Novikov was dismissed for reconciliation sides. S.

In April 2008, two teenagers were detained, suspected of drawing swastikas on the monument to Lenin and on residential buildings in Miass (Chelyabinsk region). Neo-Nazi graffiti began appearing in the city as early as January. Soon the city prosecutor's office opened a criminal case under Art. 214 (vandalism) and detained two suspects - 17 and 16 years old.

On April 28, 2008, the Avtozavodsky District Court of Tolyatti (Samara Region) recognized Tatyana Guzaeva, accused under Part 1 of Art. 282 (inciting ethnic hatred), guilty and sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles. It should be reminded that Aleksey Napylov and Tatyana Guzayeva were detained in May 2007 for putting up leaflets with appeals in defense of servicemen Yevgeny Khudyakov and Sergei Arakcheev, accused of killing three natives of Chechnya in 2003.