January 24, 2009 in Kirishi (Leningrad region) on the street. Soviet unknown attacked a 46-year-old native of Uzbekistan. The man was unexpectedly hit in the head from behind. The attackers kicked him, then knives were used. The victim was taken to the city hospital in critical condition. A criminal case was initiated under Article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism). Sources Hooligans armed with knives attacked an Uzbek guest worker // 47 news. 2009.

On January 27, 2009, in Moscow, at a bus stop near the Kuzminki metro station, two young men attacked a Nigerian. The reason for the attack was that the Nigerian was with a Russian girl. The attackers were injured with their hands and feet, while shouting "Russia! Russia!". The victim had a cut lip and a bruise under his eye. He believes that the reason for the attack was the color of the skin. According to Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy.

On the night of January 27, unknown people painted a swastika on the building of the Catholic Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Veliky Novgorod. The image was taken with a spray can of paint. Parishioners are preparing an appeal to law enforcement agencies. Recall that during 2008 Novgorod historical and cultural monuments were repeatedly attacked by vandals. Sources Vandals painted a swastika on a Novgorod Catholic church // RIA "Novosti" - North-West. 2009. January 27.

On January 27, 2009, in the Stavropol Territory, a Nevinnomyssk court sentenced student Ivan Kartsev to 1.5 years in a colony-settlement, who, participating in an Internet project called "Big Game. Break the System", planted a dummy explosive device on the building of the FSB department.

The Arbitration Court of Samara granted the claim of the Federal Property Management Agency for the termination of the agreement by the Jewish community of Samara (part of the FEOR) on the use of the building of the choral synagogue. The reason was the community's failure to fulfill its obligations to maintain the building. The agreement with the Jewish community was concluded back in the 90s. The main condition for the transfer of the building was restoration.

On January 17, 2009, a 22-year-old fourth-year student of the Faculty of Physical Education of Moscow State University was attacked in Moscow. The victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition with stab wounds. The student was attacked in the area of ​​the Lenin Hills, near the hostel where he lives. It is not excluded that the attack was motivated by national hatred. A criminal case was initiated under Part 4 of Art.

On the night of January 27, 2009, in Veliky Novgorod, vandals, using spray paint, painted a swastika on the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, the only Catholic church in the Novgorod region. The priest, who discovered the Nazi symbol, called the police and wrote a statement to law enforcement agencies. The priest also said that in 2007 Nazi skinheads beat the parishioners of the church, students from Africa, near the church.

On January 27, 2009, it became known that a criminal case had been opened in the Stavropol Territory under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity) on the fact of placing on the Internet the conditions of the ultra-right Internet project "Big Game . Break system".

At the end of January 2009, it became known that the investigative department of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation for the Kaluga Region had completed the investigation of a criminal case into the murder of a citizen of Uzbekistan. The criminal case was sent for consideration to the Kaluga Regional Court. Recall that 5 young people (20-26 years old) attacked a citizen of Uzbekistan motivated by national hatred.

Since the evening of January 23, access to the Internet publication “Portal-Credo.ru” has been blocked. “There are signs of a massive DOS attack, which, among other things, could lead to the physical destruction of content,” says the portal’s editor-in-chief Alexander Soldatov. The editors connect the incident with the holding of the Bishops' and Local Councils of the Russian Orthodox Church (January 25-29).

On January 22 and 27, 2009, further additions were made to the Federal List of Extremist Materials on the website of the Ministry of Justice . On January 22, paras. 309 and 310, January 27 - 311-314. The next update included program documents of Hizb-ut-Tahrir, two leaflets distributed in the city of Biysk (Altai Territory) in 2006, as well as appeals by A. Zakaev and A.

The Government of the Moscow Region adopted a resolution on the development of a program for 2009-2012 to withdraw the regional museum from the territory of the Resurrection New Jerusalem Monastery.

During the inspection of compliance with the legislation on combating terrorism and extremist activities, the prosecutor's office of Adygeya revealed a community of the Old Russian Inglistic Church of Orthodox Old Believers - Ynglings, on the territory of the Maykop region. The prosecutor's office considered their symbolism to be confusingly similar to the Nazi one.