In January 2009, an Iraqi citizen was beaten by a group of skinheads in Voronezh at the intersection of Studencheskaya and Feoktistova streets. The details of the attack, which came to light from the report on the transfer of the case to court , are unknown.

In January 2009, in Kovrov (Vladimir region), a 19-year-old young man painted xenophobic graffiti on the walls of three residential buildings using a spray can and a stencil. One of the inscriptions contained a call for the use of violence against persons of "Caucasian nationality." The suspect was arrested. This became known from the report on the transfer of the case under Part 1 of Art. 282 (inciting national hatred committed in public) to the court.