On January 14, the draft law on the creation of the Supreme Council for the Protection of Morality in the field of television and radio broadcasting in Russia was withdrawn from consideration by the State Duma. In the first reading, when voting for the adoption of the bill, 135 deputies spoke out (with the required minimum of 226), six were against and one abstained. The bill was submitted to the Duma in 2000.

On January 12, 2009, in St. Petersburg, employees of the center "E" of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg and the region hotly detained three young people (two brothers, 29 and 30 years old and their friend, a 23-year-old resident of St. Petersburg), who attacked residents of Dagestan at the Udelnaya metro station ". The police are checking the involvement of the detainees in various extremist organizations.

On January 13, 2009, three young men suspected of killing an Uzbek citizen on January 9 were detained in Moscow. "Three citizens were detained, two of them are citizens of Russia, residents of Moscow and one - a minor - a resident of the Moscow region ," said Igor Litvinov, deputy head of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Central Administrative District of Moscow.

January 9, 2009 in Moscow on the street. Hospital Val two young men attacked Akhmedov, a native of Uzbekistan, beat him and stabbed him. The man died from his wounds. The suspects - three young people - were detained on January 13, 2009. The criminal case was initiated under part 4 of article 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (deliberate infliction of grievous bodily harm resulting in death).

Quite often in reports of sentencing for hate crimes, there is a reference to the fact that the case was considered “in a special order.” A special procedure for judicial proceedings is provided for by Chapter 40 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Russia “Special procedure for making a judicial decision if the accused agrees with the charge brought against him” (Articles 314-317). It becomes possible in cases of crimes for which the maximum sentence does not exceed 10 years in prison.

January 12, 2009 at about 216:00 in St. Petersburg in the lobby of the metro station "Udelnaya" three young people shouting "Russia to the Russians!" attacked two residents of Dagestan (born 1985), beat them with their hands and feet, after which they tried to hide. The attackers were detained by police officers of the subway and the center "E" of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate. A criminal case was initiated under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Moscow City Duma deputy Nikolai Gubenko proposes to introduce licensing of the activities of astrologers, soothsayers, magicians and clairvoyants. On his part, the preparation of appropriate amendments to federal legislation has already begun. "This area of ​​activity is criminalized to such an extent! Moreover, it has an extremely negative effect on the moral and moral principles of the nation," N. Gubenko noted.

Leninsky District Court of Tomsk issued a sentence under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting national hatred or enmity, using the media) against Georgy Romanchenko, who posted neo-Nazi videos on the Internet. On January 13, 2009, the verdict of the court entered into force. G. Romanchenko was sentenced to correctional labor for a period of 6 months. with a trial period of 1 year. It was established that on June 14, 2008, G.

The Komi prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into the newspaper Diocesan Vedomosti (a publication of the Syktyvkar and Vorkuta diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church) for inciting religious intolerance. The inspection is carried out on the initiative of the human rights commission "Memorial". Human rights activists believe that the October 2008 issue of the newspaper published several materials inciting ethnic and religious hatred.

On January 14, 2009, Alexander Krinitsin attacked an anti-fascist girl in Izhevsk. A young man who considers himself to be an "informal youth movement" of "fascists" noticed 19-year-old Galina Shutova at a public transport stop "ul. Rocket". He had previously seen her photo on the Internet and knew that she "identifies herself as an anti-fascist movement . " He followed the anti-fascist girl and attacked her at the bus stop "Ilfat Zakirov Street".

On January 5, Vladimir Osipov, head of the Christian Renaissance Union, sent a telegram addressed to the President of the Russian Federation, in which, on behalf of the Orthodox community, he expressed indignation at the showing of the film The Da Vinci Code on Channel One on January 2. "The mocking movie-abomination was demonstrated on one of the strictest days of the Advent, on the eve of the great national holiday of the Nativity of Christ," the document emphasizes. V. Osipov asks D.