On September 23, 2008, a round table was held in Moscow, organized by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), dedicated to the problems of racism. The event was attended by ECRI President Eva Smith Asmussen, ECRI members Michael Head, Ishil Gachet, Chairman of the Moscow Helsinki Group Lyudmila Alekseeva, Human Rights Ombudsman in the Russian Federation Vladimir Lukin, representatives of Russian official structures, public and scientific organizations.

The Moscow Patriarchate urges drivers not to succumb to various temptations on the roads, to follow the rules of the road and follow the gospel commandments.

On September 24, 2008, the case of rallies against labor migrants that took place on October 6 and 7, 2007 in the settlement of Iskateley and Naryan-Mar was transferred to the city court of Naryan-Mar (Nenets Autonomous Okrug). The suspect in the case is a non-working Dmitry Kurbanov, born in 1971. On January 18, 2008, he was charged under Part 3 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (calls for riots and violence against citizens).

In the Chelyabinsk region, the head of the city of Chebarkul, Gennady Severin, demanded that the Local Religious Organization of Muslims (MROM) withdraw from the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Asian Part of Russia (DUMACHR) and the Council of Muftis of Russia (SMR) and move to the Regional Spiritual Administration of Muslims (RDUM) of the Chelyabinsk and Kurgan regions under the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims (TSDUM).

September 24 Head of Karelia S.L. Katanandov sent a message to the Archbishop of Petrozavodsk and Karelian Manuil. He expressed his readiness to assist in the restoration of the Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov in the village of Mashezero, which burned down on the night of September 21. The head of the region instructed the Minister of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Karelia to take personal control of the investigation into the circumstances of the fire.

On September 21, 2008, at the match of the Russian football championship Zenit (St. Petersburg) - CSKA (Moscow), the fans of the St. Petersburg team chanted racist slogans against the black players of the army club. A special cynicism of the situation was given by the fact that an advertisement "Zenith against racism" was placed at the stadium. Inc. inf.

The website of Rossvyazkomnadzor published an official report on the activities of the department (which was then called Rossvyazokhrankultura) for 2007. In particular, it also considered activities in the field of countering extremist activities.

On September 23, 2008, an improvised explosive device with a capacity of 150 g of TNT exploded in the cafe "On Broadway" in Moscow on the Tushinsky market, owned by an Azerbaijani citizen. Five people were injured in the explosion, three of them were hospitalized. A criminal case has been initiated under Part 2 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism committed by a group of persons by prior agreement) and Art. 223 (illegal manufacture of weapons).

On September 24, 2008, the decision of the Akhtuba City Court of the Astrakhan Region came into force to recognize as extremist and ban the Akhtuba people's movement "Towards God's Power". It should be reminded that in April 2008, completed the investigation into the case of members of the movement "Toward the Power of God", which was engaged in anti-Semitic propaganda among the local population from February 2002 to September 2007, was .