In November 2008, at least 18 people were injured (three of them died) as a result of racist and neo-Nazi attacks, carried out mainly by Nazi skinheads. In addition to Moscow, incidents were recorded in St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Penza and Kaliningrad. During the same period in 2007, we recorded 70 victims, 4 of whom died. In total, during the 11 months of 2008, at least 82 people were killed and at least 348 people were injured.

The Petrozavodsk court issued a guilty verdict in the case of desecration of the old Orthodox cemetery on Volnaya Street and an attempt to set fire to the Catherine's Church, Interfax reports . Recall that the girls detained during the investigation stated that they repented, and also that they had read satanic literature and were engaged in inducing damage. The eldest girl was sentenced to 1 year 8 months in prison conditionally with a probationary period of 1 year 6 months.

At the end of November, a representative of the ROC MP addressed the parishioners of the Old Believer church in the village of Aleshino, Moscow Region, and stated that this building was registered as the property of the ROC. The Old Believers are invited to take out their property and vacate the premises within a week, Samara Old Believer reports . Documents for the transfer of the temple to the ROC community were signed by the Ministry of Culture of the Moscow Region.

On November 28, 2008, the criminal case against the leader of the Movement against Illegal Immigration (DPNI) Alexander Potkin (Belov) was sent to court. A. Potkin is accused under Part 1 of Art.

to the heads of governing bodies and educational institutions The Ministry of Education of the Republic of Bashkortostan sent a letter , in which it calls for more careful attention to the activities of "foreign religious organizations (FROs) of a destructive persuasion" in the region, Portal-Credo.ru reports.

In November 2008, not less than 18 people, including 3 fatalities, became victims of racist and neo-nazi violence in Russia. Beside Moscow, the crimes were reported in St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Penza and Kaliningrad. For comparison, in November 2007, we recorded 70 victims, including 4 fatalities. In total, since the beginning of 2008, not less than 82 people died and 348 were injured. In the same time period in 2007, 75 people died and 563 were injured.

On November 30, 2008, a 25-year-old citizen of Azerbaijan was killed in Moscow. The man died from multiple stab wounds to the chest and abdomen. The body of the deceased was found near a residential building in the area of ​​​​Sportivny proezd. The local residents called the police. A criminal case has been initiated, an investigation is underway. Sources Azerbaijani citizen stabbed to death in Moscow // Interfax. 2008. December 1st.

On November 30, in Malgobek (Ingushetia), unidentified persons shot dead a 70-year-old employee of the local mosque, Sultan Yalkharoev. He went to the morning prayer in the mosque. S. Yalkharoev was shot several times, he was taken to the hospital, where he died. A criminal case has been initiated under part 1 of article 105 (murder) and part 1 of article 222 (illicit trafficking in weapons and ammunition) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

The prosecutor's office of the Penza region considered the appeal of the chairman of the Unified Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Penza region, Abbas Bibarsov, regarding forced study of the Fundamentals of Orthodox culture in one of the schools in the village of Zasechnoye, reports Russian Islamic Heritage .

On November 29, 2008, a report appeared that in the center of Stavropol, unknown people had drawn a swastika on one of the houses. Local residents report that the fascist symbol appeared on the house "for a long time." Sources Chernov-Kazansky A. Nazi swastika on the wall in the center of Stavropol // Stavropolskaya Pravda. 2008. November 29.

On November 30, at about 6:15 pm, an explosion occurred in the church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Biryulyovo in the southern district of Moscow, Interfax reports . Law enforcement officials said that, according to preliminary data, the explosive device was homemade. As the main version of the incident, a hooligan trick of teenagers is considered, but the investigation does not exclude the possibility that Satanists were involved in the explosion. The explosion injured two people.

On November 29, 2008, it became known that in Penza, on a student campus, Nazi skinheads, with the assistance of local police, were attacking students, natives of the Caucasus. On September 6, 2008, groups of skinheads beat students of the medical faculty of the university living in a hostel, natives of Ingushetia, Chechnya, Karachay-Cherkessia, Dagestan, etc. The police arrived at the scene and continued the beating.

On November 26, 2008, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow issued a decision to terminate the activities of the Duel newspaper and invalidate the media registration certificate. After the entry into force of the decision, Rossvyazkomnadzor will issue an order to terminate the activities of this mass media outlet, the report says.