On January 30, 2008, the Regional Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee (SU Investigative Committee) under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation terminated the criminal case in connection with the death of a former accused of committing a series of racist attacks with firearms that occurred in the city in August 2008.

In early February 2009, the investigation into the criminal case of the group of Nazi skinheads who attacked Georgian citizen Artur Vardanyan in January 2009 ended in Yekaterinburg. The case will be sent to court. Recall that the investigative department for the Ordzhonikidzevsky district of the city of Yekaterinburg under the prosecutor's office for the Sverdlovsk region initiated a criminal case under Art.

September 2008 This collection of materials was prepared in August-September 2008 by a group of Russian non-governmental organizations for submission to the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for the preparation of the Universal Periodic Review of the Russian Federation’s compliance with its international obligations and consideration of these issues in the UN Human Rights Council.

In mid-March, the Tagansky Court of Moscow will resume hearings on the case of the organizers of the exhibition “Forbidden Art-2006”. The trial was suspended in August 2008 due to the illness of one of the accused. Let us remind you that Yuri Samodurov and Andrei Erofeev are accused under Part 2 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity through the use of official position).

The Government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory has developed a long-term target program for the preservation of the cultural heritage of the Krasnoyarsk Territory for 2010-2020, which provides for the allocation of funds for the restoration of Orthodox churches. In particular, it is planned to restore the Orthodox churches of Yeniseisk and the Transfiguration Monastery. Responsibility for the implementation of this program lies with the regional ministries of culture and natural resources.

On February 3, 2009, it became known that the trial in the case of the National Bolshevik Darya Isayeva had begun. Isaeva is charged under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 (participation in the activities of a prohibited organization) and Part 2 of Art. 165 (causing property damage to the owner or other owner of the property by deceit or breach of trust in the absence of signs of theft) for the action on July 29 in Moscow. Sources Trial in the case of Darya Isayeva // Natsbol.ru. 2009. January 3rd.

The prosecutor's office of the Samara region filed a lawsuit demanding to restrict access to the site, which contains "recipes" for making at home, including using publicly available chemical elements, explosive devices. Seven lawsuits were sent to the court against Internet providers to restrict access to the site. "The site contains information prohibited for dissemination for general use.

February 2 and 3 in Moscow, at the Academy of Labor and Social Relations with the support of the Scientific and Coordinating Council on the Problems of Practical and Theoretical Religious Studies of the CIS and Baltic States, the Association of Ukrainian Religious Scholars, the International Center for the Study of Religion and Law of the University. Brigham Young (USA) held an international scientific conference "Religion in Modern Society".

This collection of materials has been produced in August-September 2008 by a coalition of Russian NGOs for submission to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the course of preparation of Universal Periodic Review of implementation of international obligations by the Russian Federation in the UN Human Rights Council.

On February 2, the founding congress of the socio-political organization "Nation of Islam" was held in Ufa. Delegates from 42 settlements of Bashkiria took part in it. The congress was attended by the chairman of the Islamic Committee of Russia, Heydar Dzhemal. The participants noted the insufficient attention of the authorities to the problems of Muslims, spoke about the lack of Muslim kindergartens, the lack of prayer rooms at enterprises, and the problems of labor migrants. G.

On February 2, 2009, the Pravoberezhny District Court of Magnitogorsk (Chelyabinsk Region) recognized the leaflets of the Russian National Movement "Russian March - 2007" as extremist. According to the conclusion of the linguistic examination, the text of the leaflets "contained direct and veiled appeals inciting hatred on a national basis against persons of Chechen and Jewish nationalities, humiliating these nations" .

On February 4, 2009, the justice of the peace of court district No. 368 of the Tversky district of Moscow convicted college and university students, 17-year-old resident of the Moscow region Vladimir V. and 18-year-old Muscovite Maxim Baev, who drew a swastika and wrote nationalist slogans on the facade of a transformer substation in April 2008 The court found Vladimir V.

The commander of the Airborne Forces, Lieutenant General Valery Evtukhov, in his greeting address to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, said that 16 Orthodox churches have been built on the territory of the Airborne Forces units over the past 8 years. Three more churches are expected to be consecrated by the end of 2009.

On February 3, a representative of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Orenburg Region, lawyer Rustem Valiullin, filed a complaint with the Buguruslan City Court against the decision to initiate a criminal case on the fact of gunpowder found in the Al-Furqan Madrasah in October 2004. The applicant considers that the decision to institute criminal proceedings was unfounded, since is based on inadmissible evidence, and is subject to termination due to the absence of a crime event.

Operatives of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Central Federal District note an increase in crimes motivated by ethnic hatred. This was reported on February 3, 2009 in the press service of the main department. In 2008, 152 "extremist crimes" were registered here. This is almost 23% more than in 2007. It is reported that 21 crimes were solved, including 5 murders and 15 cases of incitement to hatred.