On October 2, 2008, in Khabarovsk, a criminal case was initiated against the National Bolsheviks Tatyana Kharlamova and Igor Shchuka under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred). The reason was an anti-Chinese leaflet distributed by them on October 1 at the opening of the Far Eastern International Economic Forum in Khabarovsk. The National Bolsheviks were detained, they were given a preventive measure in the form of arrest.

16 public organizations that are members of the Association of Public Associations "Sobranie" appealed to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation with a request to conduct an investigation into the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in the Russian Newsweek magazine.

On October 8, 2008, it became known that in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) the case against the coordinator of the DPNI-Yakutia, Sergei Yurkov (he is also the head of the public organization "Russian Community"), was submitted to the court. Recall that a criminal case against him was initiated under paragraph "c" part 2 of Art.

On October 8, 2008, it became known that in the city of Prokopyevsk (Kemerovo Region), the owner of a Grand Cherokee jeep was arrested for two days. About the car parked near the building of the city police, said one of the passers-by. The owner of the car said that he bought the car in Novokuznetsk a month ago, and during this time it did not cause any complaints.

On September 25, 2008, it became known that in the Kemerovo region two attempts were made to discredit a candidate for deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation with a Georgian surname, Dmitry Kochadze. On local television, the program "Vesti-Kuzbass" was shown, in one of the plots of which the heroes were indignant that " "Kochadze is a Georgian .

The Information and Analytical Center "SOVA" took part in the annual OSCE conference on the human dimension in Warsaw. At the plenary session of the session "Freedom of Religion and Belief" on October 7, 2008, Director of the Center Alexander Verkhovsky spoke.

The SOVA Center for Information and Analysis took part in the 2008 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw.

On October 8, officers from the Department of Economic Crimes of the South-Eastern District of Moscow conducted a search at the publishing house of Islamic literature "Umma". The publishing house employees were given an order to check the “financial and economic activities” of the company. According to the director of the publishing house, Aslambek Ezhaev, manuscripts, proofs, and computers were confiscated. Let us recall that in May 2008 a criminal case was initiated against A.

In early October, a suspect in the arson of the church of St. Seraphim of Sarovsky in the village of Mashezero, Prionezhsky district. A criminal case was initiated under the article "deliberate destruction of another's property, committed by arson." According to one of the versions under consideration, the cause of the fire was "careless handling of electrical appliances in everyday life." Sources In Karelia, a suspect in arson of a church in honor of St.

On October 8, 2008, it became known that the trial of the leaders of the Khabarovsk branch of the Union of the Russian People, Pavel Onoprienko and Viktor Chulkin, began in the Central District Court of Khabarovsk . It is reported that the Khabarovsk branch of the RNC had 10 active supporters who constantly participated in actions and helped Onoprienko and Chulkin clandestinely publish and distribute the newspapers Russkiy Dalnevostoknik and Black Hundred Newspaper.

On October 8, 2008, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Far Eastern Federal District reported on the work to combat extremism and nationalism over the past months of 2008. It is reported that in nine months in the Far East, seven criminal cases were initiated under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity), five of them were sent for consideration to the courts of the subjects of the Far Eastern Federal District.