On December 22, 2008, preliminary hearings began in St. Petersburg on the case gang of the Borovikov-Voevodin , which carried out nationalist attacks in 2004-2006. 14 people, 9 of whom are under arrest, are charged under Article 209 (banditry), Article 105 (murder), Article 282 (inciting national hatred or enmity) and Article 222 (illegal trafficking in firearms) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The next court hearing is scheduled for January 16.

On December 11, 2008, in Belgorod, young men in camouflage and heavy soldier's boots attacked two Senegalese, students of the preparatory department of BelSU. The Senegalese were walking through the underground passage from the hostel to the supermarket when they were attacked by Nazi skinheads. One of the students escaped and ran to call the university security for help. The second young man was thrown to the ground and kicked.

The centralized religious organization "Church of Evangelical Christians in Murman" appealed to the prosecutor of Murmansk on behalf of the clergy and more than a thousand parishioners. Protestants are protesting in connection with the activities of the Missionary Department of the Murmansk and Monchegorsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Slavic Legal Center reports .

On December 21, 2008, Georgy Tsai, a musician of the Moscow Virtuosos chamber orchestra, was attacked in Moscow. The man was attacked near the house 3 building 2 on Plekhanov Street, where the violinist lives. A 29-year-old victim was hospitalized with a penetrating stab wound to the abdomen and multiple stab wounds to the hands. The man has been operated on but is in critical condition. A criminal case has been initiated.

Presbyter of the Moscow Pentecostal Church "Emmanuel" (Russian Assembly of God) Yuri Popov was found guilty of committing an administrative offense . The offense lies in the fact that the Pentecostals held a service without notifying the city authorities about it, the Slavic Legal Center reports . Yu.Popov was sentenced to a fine of 2,000 rubles.

On December 20, on the alley in front of the Ryazan Kremlin, the action “Let’s join hands, friends!” was held, reports Civitas . Participants in the action protested against the ongoing eviction of the museum and the transfer of premises to a church organization for the residence of the bishop. About 200 people took part in the event.

On December 20, 2009, an explosion occurred in Moscow near the main entrance to the fair, located near the Prazhskaya metro station. The day before, two unknown people left a plastic bag with explosives with a capacity of about 50 grams. in TNT equivalent under a table in one of the pavilions. A total of 13 people were injured, 10 were hospitalized. Most of the victims suffered burns, barotraumas and hematomas. Women predominate among the victims.

In May 2008, there were at least three violent street attacks against homeless people in Kirov. - Two men (surnames - N. Zverev and A. Shishkin) were killed, the woman Natalya Berezhnykh managed to escape. On May 13, 2008, the attackers inflicted at least 30 kicks on the body of N. Zverev, the victim died at the scene of the crime from his injuries. N. Berezhnykh, who was at that moment with the victim, managed to break free and run away. As a result, she suffered minor bodily harm.

In Samara, criminal cases on recognizing as extremist the text of the brochure "Novruz Holiday and Islamic Doctrine" and the site "Islam as it is." On December 19, 2008, at the request of the prosecutor, the Samara District Court adjourned the hearing of the case until January 15, 2009. The previously appointed religious expert was unable to answer the questions posed by the prosecutor. The process was put on hold in order to find a new expert institute.

On December 22, 2008, it became known that on March 24, 2008, in the Samara region, the site "Northern Brotherhood" was recognized as extremist. The reason was a lawsuit filed by the public prosecutor of the Sovetsky District on February 11, 2008. On April 4, 2008, materials about the recognition of the site as extremist and its prohibition were sent to Rosregistration.