In March 2008, in St. Petersburg, a criminal case based on Article 116, Paragraph 2, Part (c) of the Russian Criminal Code (beating motivated by racial hatred) was set up against two female students at the 558 school in the Kolpino district. The court's conclusion established that the two schoolgirls (aged 16 and 17) had constantly provoked conflicts with one of the school's pupils because of his racial belonging. They had harshly insulted him and once even made recourse to beating.

The English language book entitled :Xenophobia, Freedom of Conscience and Anti-Extremism in Russia in 2007;, edited by the SOVA Center, is as of now available. The book contains reports and analyses made by our organization concerning the year 2007, and includes articles such as :Radical Nationalism and Efforts to Counteract it in 2007;, :Anti-Extremist Legislation, its Use and Misuse; and :Restrictions and Challenges in 2007 on Freedom of Conscience in Russia;.

On June 21, 2008, the Moscow City Court began considering a criminal case on a series of nationalist attacks and murders by a group of Nazi skinheads (formerly known as the "Kalinichenko gang"). The criminal case is being heard behind closed doors. There are 14 people in the dock, 12 of them were minors at the time of the crime. The case will be considered without the participation of a jury by a professional judge alone.

On July 20, 2008, a citizen of Kyrgyzstan was killed in the Tosnensky district of the Leningrad region. The body of 25-year-old A. Shamshiev was found in the village of Ulyanovka near house 20 on Kalinin Street. There are multiple hematomas on the man's body. The victim did not have money or a mobile phone stolen. Under what article a criminal case was initiated, it is not reported. Motives for the murder are being investigated.

On July 21, 2008, the Soviet District Court of Bryansk convicted Dmitry Kovalev, who distributed the film " "Russia with a knife in the back. Jewish fascism and the genocide of the Russian people . The man was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity) and sentenced to pay a fine of 25,000 rubles. The investigation found that from September 2006 to September 2007, D.

Exactly one year ago yesterday, activist Ilya Borodaenko was murdered during an attack by a group of Nazi skinheads on a ecology protest action to which he was taking part. In his memory, groups of people gathered in several Russian towns, among which Irkutsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Samara.

In the spring of 2008, a technical law related to the functions of Rosregistration was adopted and on May 6 came into force. According to it, several existing laws were amended, which allowed a number of functions to be carried out not by the “organ of justice” (Ministry of Justice), as was previously enshrined in laws, but by the “federal state registration authority” (Rosregistration).

In March 2008, a criminal case was initiated in St. Petersburg under paragraph "b" part 2 of Art. 116 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (beating, motivated by racial hatred) against two students of school No. 558 of the Kolpinsky district. The investigation found that two schoolgirls, aged 16 and 17, constantly unleashed conflicts with one of the students of the school because of her racial identity. They rudely insulted her and beat her once.