On November 21 and 25, 2008, the Federal List of Extremist Materials was again updated on the website of the Ministry of Justice . It included 4 points, including the famous book by V. Istarkhov "Blow of the Russian Gods" on which, we recall, two equal courts made opposite decisions. This, we recall, created a situation of legal uncertainty, but did not prevent inclusion in the list. As of November 26, 2008, 291 items were included in the list (in fact, 282 materials).

On the night of November 26, 2008 in St. Petersburg there was an explosion on the street. 11th Krasnoarmeiskaya in the house where a 27-year-old Azerbaijani citizen, a 20-year-old Dagestani and a 25-year-old resident of the Leningrad Region lived. Previously, the building housed the headquarters of the right-wing radical organization Slavic Community. An improvised device went off - an explosive package made of manganese and magnesium. The glass was broken in one of the windows.

On October 16, 2008, the Kaluga Regional Court sentenced eight Nazi skinheads accused of nationalist attacks in August 2007 and January 2008 . Minor F., born in 1992, was found guilty under paragraph "l" of Part 2 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder committed motivated by ethnic hatred), part 2 of Art. 213 (hooliganism committed by a group of persons by prior agreement) and sentenced to 6 years in prison.

In November 2008, in Moscow, on behalf of the St. Petersburg neo-Nazi Dmitry Borovikov, who was killed in 2006, far-right activists began to threaten non-governmental organizations. We are aware of at least one threatening letter that came by mail to the Center for Interethnic Cooperation, headed by Ashot Hayrapetyan. The letter contained nationalist death threats and drawings on the same subject.

On November 26, an agreement on cooperation was signed between the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Nizhny Novgorod Region (DUMNO) and the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service (GUFSIN) for the Nizhny Novgorod Region. The agreement provides for joint actions in the field of protecting the freedom of conscience and religion of convicts, taking care of persons in places of deprivation of liberty.

The Perm diocese continues to fight for the premises of the former military institute, where the seminary was previously located. OJSC Perm Utility Company, which owns the buildings, is ready to sell part of the former Church of St. John the Evangelist for 8.5 million rubles. The diocese is ready to buy the premises, but for 6.8 million rubles. The other part of the temple has an area of ​​585 sq. m has been owned by the diocese since September 2007.

The Spiritual Administration of Muslims (DUM) of Dagestan expressed bewilderment in connection with the translation of the "New Testament" into the Kumyk and Avar languages. The translation was carried out within the framework of an agreement between the Swedish Institute for Bible Translation and the Institute of Language, Literature and Art of the Dagestan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The Moscow travel agency offers to spend the Christmas holiday under the shaman's ritual in the Arctic. Christmas tour from 4 to 7 January includes a visit to the Museum of Culture and Magic, "Sami games, shaman's ritual". Clients are invited to get acquainted with the "snow-covered Lovozero tundra - a land full of mysteries and secrets of deer, shamans, anomalous phenomena and Bigfoot".

On November 20, Moscow hosted a joint meeting of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Building Sciences (RAACS) and the Commission for the Preservation of Historical Heritage, Restoration and Reconstruction of Architectural Monuments of the Union of Architects of Russia.

On November 26, 2008, 20-year-old Igor Grishkevich, a member of the Slavic Community organization, was detained in St. Petersburg, suspected of committing an explosion in the building of the Slavic Community, where an Azerbaijani citizen, a native of Dagestan and a resident of the Leningrad region, lived. The detainee is registered with the "anti-extremist" department of the Organized Crime Control Department, he was a witness in the murder case of Timur Kacharava.

On November 26, 2008, in the St. Petersburg City Court, the jury delivered a guilty verdict in the case of a group of Nazi skinheads. 18-year-old unemployed Sergey Dmitriev, 20-year-old student of the lyceum Denis Dzhivovsky and two 17-year-olds, one of whom is a 10-grader of school No. 669, were found guilty under paragraph "a" part 2 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred or enmity committed with the use of violence or the threat of its use).

On November 26, 2008, a number of news sites reported that a group of five Nazi skinheads staged a brief rally outside the Interros office in Moscow. Later it turned out that the action was carried out by activists of the Left Front, and the slogans of the action were not racist. Corrected according to the message "Left Front" Sources Neo-fascists held a rally near the office of Interros // Polit.Ru. 2008. November 26.