In October 2008, Rossvyazkomnadzor issued a warning about the inadmissibility of extremist activities by the editors of the Russian Newsweek magazine for publishing the material "Who will come to us with a mosque" in No. 40 (212) dated September 29 - October 5, 2008.

On November 24, 2008, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Novosibirsk recognized as extremist eleven materials posted on the Internet on six websites.

November 21, 2008 on the street. Turbinnaya in St. Petersburg, unknown persons seriously injured a 27-year-old citizen of Tajikistan. Passers-by called an ambulance. The victim was hospitalized with multiple stab wounds. His condition is assessed as moderate. The incident was reported to the police. Details are being clarified. No robbery reported. Sources An attack on a citizen of Tajikistan was committed in the Kirovsky district // Fontanka.ru. 2008. 24 November.

November 24, 2008 in St. Petersburg in the Russian Museum of Ethnography began a seminar on "ethnic processes and interethnic relations" in the city. The event is held as part of the program to prevent manifestations of xenophobia and strengthen tolerance in St. Petersburg. Experts in the field of interethnic and intercultural relations from St.

On November 20 in St. Petersburg, at a meeting of the Council of Muftis of Russia (RMC), it was decided to create representative offices of the RMC in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. The meeting was attended by more than 50 representatives of Muslim religious organizations, public associations and initiative groups working in the northern capital and the Leningrad region, the official website of the Council of Muftis of Russia reports.

In October, 2008, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights published the second annual report :Hate crimes in the OSCE region - incidents and responses;. The report is to be a collection point for information related to hate crimes, including legislation and statistics, and to raise awareness about existing responses to such crimes within OSCE participating States, including Russia.

On November 22, 2008, in Nizhny Novgorod, near one of the houses on Komintern Street, two unknown persons attacked an Azerbaijani citizen and stabbed him. The victim was hospitalized with stab wounds to the shoulder and abdomen. An investigation is underway. Sources In Nizhny Novgorod, teenagers attacked an Azerbaijani citizen and stabbed him // NTA - Volga region. 2008. 24 November.

On November 21, the Union of Orthodox Banner Bearers (SPKh) held a rally in Moscow "against the propaganda of anti-Christian and anti-Russian fabrications, " Russkaya Line reports . Members of the SPH on the Bersenevskaya embankment of the Moskva River burned four books by contemporary Russian authors: "The Day of the Oprichnik" and "Sugar Kremlin" by V. Sorokin, "The Gospel According to Solovyov" by V. Solovyov, E. Radzinsky's book about the royal family.

On November 22, 2008, reports appeared that the Vedomosti newspaper received a warning from Rossvyazkomnadzor for publishing an article by board member of the Institute of Contemporary Development Evgeniy Gontmakher “Novocherkassk-2009” in the issue dated November 6, 2008. This form of influence on the media is rather “educational” and does not have direct legal consequences for the publication.

The newspaper “The Spirit of a Christian,” published with the blessing of defrocked Bishop Diomede of Chukotka and banned by the Synod due to carrying out “activities harmful to the church,” condemned the methods of work of Orthodox missionaries with informal youth, Interfax reports. A regular contributor to the newspaper, priest Alexander Kolesnikov, stated that “the ideology of informal gatherings is based on paganism.” In addition, he considers protest a manifestation of pride.

On November 21, 2008, the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office (SKP) of the Russian Federation brought charges under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred) against the leader of the movement against illegal immigration (DPNI) Alexander Potkin (Belov).

In November 2008, a criminal case against a group of 7 Nazi skinheads was sent to the Novocheboksarsky City Court. Nazi skinheads were charged under par. "a" and "c" part 2 of Art. 282 (incitement of national and religious hatred by an organized group with the use of violence), Ch. 1 and 2 Art. 213 (hooliganism with the use of weapons or objects used as weapons, committed by a group of persons by prior agreement or by an organized group), art. 214 (vandalism), art. 116 (beatings).