Since the beginning of December, an action dedicated to the Year of the Family in Russia has been held in the maternity hospitals of the Kemerovo region. As part of this action, Orthodox priests tell women about the point of view of the Russian Orthodox Church on abortion and the upbringing of children. Conversations are held in groups several times a week.

Foundation The Public Opinion conducted a sociological study on the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the life of society, as well as the role of Patriarch Alexy II in Russian life. The survey was conducted in 100 settlements of 44 constituent entities of the Russian Federation. 1500 respondents took part in it. According to the data received, 69% of respondents believe that the ROC plays a significant role in the life of society today.

The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Territory has completed the investigation of a criminal case against 7 Nazi skinheads who killed a man who seemed to them like a native of the Caucasus. On December 19, 2008, the indictment was approved, and the criminal case was sent to court for consideration on the merits. Adolescents were charged under paragraph "a" part 2 of Art.

On December 19, 2008, it became known that the decision of the Kuzminsky District Court of Moscow to satisfy the demand of the Tagansky Interdistrict Prosecutor to recognize the content of the book by K. Zalessky and P. Hausser "Hitler's Black Guard. Waffen-SS in battle" as extremist came into force. The book was published by the publishing house "Publisher Bystrov" (Moscow: 2007).

In December 2008, the dean of the sociological faculty of Moscow State University. Lomonosov, Professor Vladimir Dobrenkov, in an interview with the press, expressed several opinions regarding extremism.

The Solntsevsky Court, which considered the case on the closure of the seminary of the Moscow Pentecostal Church "Emmanuel" on December 2, decided not to close it, reports Portal-Credo.ru . The seminary is included in the list of religious organizations subject to liquidation through a court drawn up by the Ministry of Justice.

The Volkhov meeting of the religious association (group) Commonwealth of Natural Faith "Slavia" sent an open letter to the President of the Russian Federation. This document touches upon the attitude of the government of the country towards the pagans.

In the village of Radiomaika, Plastovsky district, a pogrom was organized at the local cemetery. As a result, monuments and crosses on nine graves were damaged. Several crosses were uprooted from the ground. According to preliminary information, the act of vandalism was committed by boys aged 7 and 8. Children confessed to desecrating only five burials out of nine. They were registered with the commission on juvenile affairs, protocols were drawn up against their parents.

On December 19, 2008, the Sverdlovsk Regional Court delivered a sentence under paragraph "l" of Part 2 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder motivated by racial and national hatred) to Vladimir Makarov for the murder of a citizen of Uzbekistan in November 2007. Based on the verdict of the jurors, who found him guilty and not deserving of leniency, the court sentenced the Nazi skinhead to 9 years in prison to be served in a penal colony.

On November 6, 2008, the department of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications and Mass Media in the Tyumen Region (Rossvyazkomnadzor) issued a written warning to the editor-in-chief of the Trudovaya Tyumen newspaper Alexander Cherepanov "about the inadmissibility of publishing materials containing signs of extremist activity" for publishing in October 2008 (No. 42 (856)) R. Salimov's article "Kukish of a Lawyer's Son".