On December 4, 2008, in St. Petersburg, the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation began a search in the premises of the Memorial Research Center. It is reported that the search is taking place as part of a criminal case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national or religious hatred) in connection with the publication entitled “Here is the real candidate” in the newspaper “New Petersburg”.

In November 2008 in Yekaterinburg, on the street. Weiner, Nazi skinheads beat up a young emo man. The young man is hospitalized. The exact number of attackers is unknown. The victim did not contact the police. According to a friend of the victim, a "hunt" for informals has begun in the city. Based on internet blogs.

On December 4, 2008, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation released from custody Ivan Mironov , the last defendant in the case of the attempt on the life of the former head of RAO "UES" Anatoly Chubais. I. Mironov was released under the guarantee of the deputies of the State Duma. Sources The accused in the case of the attempt on Chubais was released under the guarantee of the deputies // Interfax. 2008. December 4th.

On December 4, 2008, the Supreme Court of Karelia acquitted Alexander Chechelnitsky, the former head of the Kondopoga city department of internal affairs, who was accused of negligent performance of his official duties during the riots in Kondopoga in late August and early September 2006. The court verdict was based on the opinion of the collegium jurors, which recognized on the eve of police lieutenant colonel Chechelnitsky not guilty.

On December 1, 2008, officers of the Department for Combating Organized Crime under the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Penza Region detained a 20-year-old resident of Penza suspected of setting fire to a synagogue in the city in July 2005. A criminal case has been initiated under Article 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (deliberate destruction of property).

On December 4, 2008, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Penza found local resident Mikhail Zinkin guilty under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting national hatred, enmity and humiliation of human dignity) for his statements on an Internet forum. M. Zinkin was sentenced to a year and a half of imprisonment on probation with a probationary period of 2 years.

On December 4, 2008, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, during his “direct line”, answering a question about “interethnic relations” and “ways to prevent extremism in Russia”, said that “Russia has become a great state” thanks to “tolerant attitude towards to those peoples, to those ethnic groups that make up it." V.

November 28, 2008 in St. Petersburg, two hospitals in the city received three injured Chinese citizens. The first victim - a 24-year-old worker from China - was taken to the Alexander Hospital from the Baltic Station Square with bruises on the soft tissues of the face. The victim is in St. Petersburg on a work visa and lives in Apraksin Lane. Three hours later, another worker from China was brought to the same hospital from the Baltic Station.

On the night of December 2-3, the newly built Church of the Presentation of the Lord in Ryazan was set on fire. Surveillance camera of a nearby shopping center recorded how unidentified people doused the wall of the temple with a combustible substance and set it on fire. A casual witness of the incident reported the incident to the fire department, a strong fire was averted. Restoration work is underway.

On December 4, 2008, in the Pravoberezhny Court of Lipetsk, a trial began on the case of an attack on a citizen of Cameroon and Algeria. The accused, a 17-year-old young man, is charged with Part 1 of Art. 282 (incitement of national hatred committed in public) and Art. 161 (robbery) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

The government of the Moscow region decided to allocate 3 million 211 thousand rubles in 2009 for the restoration of churches, chapels and monasteries near Moscow. According to Valery Chernov, Minister for Territorial Entities of the Moscow Region, an average of 87,000 rubles will be allocated for the restoration of each church. In 2008, 2 million 972 thousand rubles were already allocated from the regional budget for the restoration of 33 churches, monasteries and chapels.

Mufti of the Perm Territory Mukhammedgali Khuzin appealed to the regional department of the antimonopoly service with a petition to ban street advertising of a fashionable clothing brand. One of the advertising posters depicts girls, one of which is leaning towards the other.