In Adygea, the first organization of experts in the evaluation of literature in the North Caucasus was created. Association of linguists-experts "Argument" was opened under the auspices of the Guild of linguists-experts in documentary and information disputes GLEDIS (Moscow).

We present a brief overview of the activities of right-wing organizations in several regions of Russia in the first half of 2008. The review was prepared by G. Kozhevnikova (Center "SOVA") with the participation of A. Kozlov (MHG expert, GROZA) based on monitoring materials carried out as part of the MHG project "Support for multifunctional human rights centers in Russian regions" (Campaign to Combat Xenophobia, Discrimination and Hatred) .

The Unified Spiritual Administration of Muslims (EDUM) of the Penza region sent an appeal to the chief federal inspector for the Penza region V. Fomin with a request to look into the facts of coercion to study the subject of Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture (OPC), Islam.ru reports. Let us recall that officials in the village of Zasechnoye, Penza region, tried to make the teaching of military-industrial complex compulsory from the beginning of the new school year.

In September 2008, in Adygea, under the auspices of the Guild of Linguistic Experts in Documentary and Information Disputes GLEDIS (Moscow), the first expert organization in the North Caucasus for the linguistic evaluation of literature "Argument" was established.

On September 8, an action was held in Argun against the "negative activities of charlatans, " Grozny-inform reports . "The initiator of this event was the Chairman of the Council of Imams of the city of Argun Magomed-hadji Khitanaev. During the day, 6 people were identified involved in witchcraft, divination, black magic, prediction and similar evil spirits," said the press secretary of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SUM) of the Chechen Republic Sulban Khasimikov.

On September 10, 2008, three young men and one girl were arrested in St. Petersburg on suspicion of the September 2006 murder of Indian student Singh Nitesh Kumar. One of the detainees, 20-year-old Andrei Baranov, tried to escape from the building of the Central District Department of Internal Affairs and jumped out of a window on the fourth floor. The young man died from his injuries.

On September 11, 2008, the trial in the case of two terrorist attacks committed in the city on February 4 and February 18, 2007 began in the City Court of St. Petersburg. On September 23, 2008, at a regular session of the trial, two prosecution witnesses were interrogated and the testimony of the victims, who live outside of St. Petersburg, was read out. The meeting was attended by 2 out of 7 called witnesses.

On September 30, deputies of the Kurgan Regional Duma will consider an appeal to the State Duma on "the need to protect citizens from religious sects, " Regions.ru reports .

Edited by Alexander Verkhovsky We released the English (shortened) version of Galina Kozhevnikova's book, :The Hate Speech in and out of the Election Campaign: The Media Monitoring: September 2003 - March 2004;. The study was carried out during the parliamentary and presidential electoral campaigns, which are also the special features of the book. The text is divided into three parts. The so-called standard monitoring, i.e.

During Ramadan, Muslims of Mordovia carry out a humanitarian action in the colonies of the republic. During this action, in agreement with the leadership of the Federal Penitentiary Service, a delegation of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SUM) of the Republic of Moldova will visit 8 colonies. The delegation's plans include meetings with imprisoned Muslims, lectures, humanitarian aid with spiritual literature and halal products.

On September 11, 2008, charges were filed in St. Petersburg in the case of the Borovikov-Voevodin gang . The case was initiated in 2006. A total of 14 people were involved in the case, 9 of them are under arrest. Members of the group are charged with Article 209 (banditry), Article 105 (murder), Article 282 (inciting ethnic hatred) and Article 222 (illegal trafficking in firearms) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.