The Public Foundation for the Protection of Victory Park in St. Petersburg once again called on the city authorities to cancel the order to privatize Victory Park and build a memorial church in its place. "The public of the city intends to defend this holy place of tragedy, sorrow and memory of the victims of the siege of Leningrad," they said in a statement.

In Mordovia, on the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany, officials of the Ministry of Defense demanded that the baths built by the women's Paraskevo-Ascension Monastery be demolished. The land dispute between the military and the nuns of the Paraskevo-Ascension Convent has been going on for several years. Representatives of the Volga-Urals Military District say that the territory where the baths are located is federal property and no claims from the monastery will be accepted.

On January 1, 2009, in Moscow, on Bolotnikovskaya Street, citizens of Kyrgyzstan were killed with several stab wounds in the heart. On January 10, 2009, the corpse of a citizen of Uzbekistan was found in Moscow on Seslavinskaya street.

On January 19, 2009, the Central District Court of Khabarovsk recognized the leaflet "Beware of the sect! International Society for Krishna Consciousness" as extremist. Let us recall that in November 2008 was initiated in Khabarovsk under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity) over the distribution of these anti-Krishna leaflets in July 2008 during the festival of Indian culture.

On January 19, 2009, the head of the Moscow police department, Vladimir Pronin, reported that in Moscow, law enforcement officers had detained 4 groups of radical nationalists suspected of murders and explosions in a week. The last group was neutralized on the night of January 19th. According to Pronin, at least 4-5 people acted in each group. The groups included both Muscovites and residents of other regions of Russia, mostly young people, students of universities and technical schools.

On January 19, 2009, Victoria Tsyplenkova, assistant head of the Moscow department of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office (SKP) of the Russian Federation, announced that in 2008 the number of crimes of an "extremist orientation" increased by 40% in the region. According to the assistant manager, under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred or enmity) in 2008, 51 criminal cases were opened.

On January 16, 2009, an explosion was attempted at a McDonald's diner in the southeast of Moscow near the Kuzminki metro station. A young man in a tracksuit, sneakers and a cap pulled over his eyes came out of the underground passage near the Kuzminki metro station and headed towards the main entrance to the restaurant. The young man walked inside the diner, threw one of the backpacks onto a bench against the wall and quickly left the building through the back exit.

On January 19, 2009, activists of the youth movement "Young Guard of United Russia" (MGER) held another action against illegal migrants. The action was attended by about 30 people who met the passengers of the train "Tashkent-Moscow" with posters "Work legally!", "Illegal thief", "Do you want to work? Pay taxes!" and handed out flyers. The action was sanctioned by the Moscow authorities.

On January 18, 2009, it became known that in Moscow police detained three young people suspected of organizing an explosion at a McDonald's restaurant on January 16, 2009. The first suspect - a 17-year-old resident of Moscow - was detained without delay. On January 18, 2009, he was on an investigative experiment. Two of his peers arrived at the site of the experiment and were also detained. According to one version, they are his accomplices.

On January 17, 2009, there were two attacks on people from Africa in Moscow. The first attack took place around 19:00 on the street. 26 Baku commissars near the Peoples' Friendship University (PFUR). Two unknown young men dressed in dark hooded tracksuits attacked two RUDN University students from Africa for no apparent reason. The victims were hospitalized with stab wounds.

On January 19, 2009, Moscow anarchists held a rally against the incitement of xenphobia by the youth organization "Young Guard of United Russia" (MGER). The event was held as a counter to the ongoing MGER event at the same time. The audience came out to meet the train "Tashkent-Moscow" with a banner "Illegal people do not exist .