On September 20, 2008, leaflets of nationalistic content were found on various buildings in the village of Ardy, Kilemarsky district of the Republic of Mari El. Leaflets were posted at the village administration, the club and the shop. It is reported that they contain statements against the "Caucasians". This became known from the news about the initiation of a criminal case. Sources In Mari El, they are looking for distributors of extremist leaflets inciting ethnic hatred // Interfax.Ru.

On October 3, 2008, the Leninsky Court of Novosibirsk issued a verdict in the case of former policeman Alexander Budnikov, who distributed anti-Semitic and extremist publications. The court found Budnikov guilty under Part 1 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for extremist activity), and the charge under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity) was removed from him due to the statute of limitations.

Representatives of the Orthodox community sent an open letter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko regarding plans to build a 400-meter Gazprom building in St. Petersburg. "It resembles some kind of giant obelisk, i.e. a monument (to whom? what?) or a monstrous drill that penetrates into the heavens.

On September 30, 2008, in the Republic of Mari El, the Medvedev Interdistrict Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation initiated a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity) on the fact of distribution of nationalist leaflets in one of the villages of the republic. An investigation is underway.

On September 30, 2008, in Khabarovsk, a case was sent to the court about the distribution by two members of the "Union of the Russian People" of the nationalist newspaper "Black Hundred" in December 2006. It is reported that the criminal case was initiated under paragraph "c" part 2 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity committed by an organized group) and Art. 282-1 (organization and participation in an extremist community).

On September 30, 2008, the State Duma considered the amendments proposed by the Prosecutor General's Office to a number of laws, including the law on combating extremism, and decided to formalize them as a draft law "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts in Connection with the Improvement of Activities to Counter Extremism." The prosecutor's office, among other things, proposes to toughen the punishment for inciting hatred and organizing an extremist community, as well as introducing into

On October 3, 2008, the Golovinsky District Court of Moscow delivered a guilty verdict in the case of nationalist attacks in December 2007. 19-year-old non-working Alexei Bersenev and two young people aged 15 and 17 (a 17-year-old boy studies at the Moscow College of Entrepreneurship No. 15) were found guilty under paragraph "a" part 3 of Art.

On October 2, 2008, during the work of the OSCE annual conference on the human dimension in Warsaw, a round table "Actions of civil organizations in Russia, Georgia and other countries to counter aggressive nationalism and propaganda of hatred in the light of the Russian-Georgian conflict" was held.

On October 3, 2008, in the Amur region, the general director of the Fevralles company, Sun Yuntai, filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office against trade union leader Sergei Sulim, whom he accused of extremism. Previously, workers at this logging company went on a hunger strike to protest against layoffs and the refusal of management to enter into employment contracts.

In the summer of 2008, by a court decision, the Kazan Bogoroditsky Church in the village of Smoldeyarovo in Tatarstan was returned to the Kazan Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1995, Hieromonk Alexander (Mironov), who served in this church, moved from the Russian Orthodox Church to the True Orthodox Church.

In the Leningrad region, an Orthodox cross was destroyed at the Staropansky cemetery. The remains of the soldiers who defended Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War are buried in the cemetery. The head of the cemetery and the rector of the temple of Adrian and Natalia claim that this is the second act of vandalism in recent times, but the police are not taking any action.

came into force. On October 3, 2008, the verdict of the Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar in the case of an underage girl who attacked a Kenyan citizen and an Armenian citizen in December 2007 The court did not satisfy the cassation of the defendant and her defense and left the verdict unchanged. Sources A court verdict against a girl who committed a crime motivated by racial and national hatred entered into force // Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory.Ru. 2008. October 3rd.

On October 2, a meeting of the Public Council under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Chuvash Republic was held. The meeting was offsite and took place in the building of an Orthodox theological school. Issues related to the activities of unregistered religious groups and missionary organizations on the territory of the republic were considered.

The Leninsky District Court of Novosibirsk found the former policeman Alexander Budnikov guilty under Art. 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for the implementation of extremist activities) and sentenced him to two years of probation. The case against him was initiated in 2007. A. Budnikov under the nickname "Svyatozar" posted anti-Semitic statements on one of the sites.

On the night of October 2, unidentified people fired from an underbarrel grenade launcher and automatic weapons at the house of the Imam in the village of Ekazhevo, Nazran District, Ingushetia. There were no injuries, and minor damage was caused to the home. A criminal case has been initiated under Art.