On May 3, 2008, an International Day of Silence event was held in St. Petersburg, dedicated to the problems of discrimination, moral and physical violence, lack of tolerance and the silencing of hate crimes. Single pickets under the motto “We are silent so that we can be heard!” were organized by LGBT organizations and took place in Chernyshevsky’s garden. The picketers had their mouths taped shut and handed out leaflets calling for tolerance and against hate violence.

The head of Rospotrebnadzor, Gennady Onishchenko, considers it important that religious organizations participate in the fight against the spread of HIV infection, Interfax reports on May 4 . G. Onishchenko said that interaction with religious organizations is of fundamental importance for Russia, since they have significant opportunities for primary prevention of AIDS due to the fact that they can reach a large number of parishioners.

At the end of April 2008, in the city of Mirny, employees of the diamond-mining joint-stock company ALROSA and lawyer Inga Reitenbach, representing them in a dispute with the employer, were summoned to the prosecutor's office as part of an investigation into accusations of extremism by the company's management. On February 11, 2008, the administration of the Mirny Road Administration (MUAD), a subdivision of AK ALROSA, received complaints from 68 drivers about violations of their rights.

In Yaroslavl, three drunk teenagers threw stones at a mosque on the night of April 27-28, Islam.ru reports on April 30 . As a result, the window of the mosque overlooking Victory Street was broken. The hooligans were detained at the scene of the crime by the Yaroslavl riot police, who at that moment were patrolling nearby. There were no casualties in the attack on the mosque. Law enforcement agencies are now deciding how to punish the three juvenile delinquents.

On May 1, 2008, a procession and rally of ultra-right organizations took place in Moscow under the official slogans of combating illegal immigration.

In addition to the Moscow Nationalist March , similar actions took place on April 30 in Vladivostok and May 1 in St. Petersburg. In Vladivostok, a picket against labor immigration was organized by the Primorye branch of the Union of Slavs. About 20 young people in masks and scarves chanted slogans near the building of the regional Office of the Federal Migration Service and unfurled banners “Peace, labor, May - guest workers leave!”, “Higher wages, down with immigration!” .

On May 1, 2008, at the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), a mass fight broke out between Azerbaijanis and Armenians during the annual celebration. During the performance of an Armenian dance group, bottles of water flew onto the stage from the audience. Azerbaijani and Turkish youths throwing bottles were pushed away from the stage by riot police, but a few minutes later the incident repeated. Azerbaijanis shouting "Azerbaijan!

Representatives of the FSB broke into a Methodist service in Stary Oskol, arguing that the community is a cover for forbidden activities, the goals of which are "not at all saints," as one city official put it, Baznica.info reported on May 2 . Following the incident, the Methodists had their religious activity license revoked. The community used a private house for worship.

At the end of April 2008, it became known that on April 3, without notifying the defendants, the Nazran court recognized one of the materials published on the Ingushetia.Ru website as extremist. On this basis, the Ingush prosecutor's office demands the initiation of a criminal case against the editor of the site, Roza Malsagova, under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred).

On May 3, 2008, in St. Petersburg, near house 116 on Nevsky Prospekt, two participants in a Silence Day picket organized by LGBT organizations were attacked. After the action, the picketers walked to the Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station and went into one of the cafes. Two protesters who remained on the street were attacked from behind by four people who hit them hard on the head with something, after which they fled. The victims reported the attack to the police.

On May 4, 2008, the Fontanka.Ru website announced a campaign to paint over images of the swastika "No to the swastika!" The site offers to paint over the swastika and send a photo or video of it to the editor. Sources "Fontanka" announces the action "Swastika - no" // Fontanka.Ru. 2008. 4 May.