In January 2009, the trial on the liquidation of the Light of the World church, initiated by the prosecutor's office of Samara, ended. The prosecutor's claim was dismissed. The basis for the liquidation suit was the educational activities of the Awakening Institute, which, according to the prosecutor's office, was part of the church. The institute did not have a license to conduct educational activities.

On February 6, 2009, it became known that the prosecutor of the Republic of Bashkortostan, S.A. Khurtin, filed an application with a request to recognize No. 1 of the social-analytical newspaper of Bashkortostan "Maidan" (author and publisher - Airat Dilmukhametov) as extremist material. According to a linguistic study, a number of publications of the newspaper "calls for extremist activity, substantiates and justifies the need for its implementation" .

The Moscow Patriarchate expressed regret over the fact that the State Duma deputies rejected the proposal of the deputies of North Ossetia to limit the distribution of television and radio programs of an erotic nature. "We are sympathetic to the initiative to establish restrictions on the distribution of television and radio programs of an erotic nature.

On February 7, 2009, in Moscow, near the Embassy of Tajikistan in Granatny lane, activists of the community of nationalist organizations "Russovet" held an anti-Tajik action under the slogan "Rahmon, take your citizens along with heroin . " About ten activists of nationalist organizations took part in the action.

On February 9, 2009, it became known that in Barnaul the decision of the Industrial District Court dated November 28, 2008 came into force on the recognition as extremist of 19 materials posted on the Internet by Alexander Trebuschuk, convicted for their distribution . Let us recall that in October 2008 A.

On February 9, three suspects were detained in Moscow in the murder of a student from Kazakhstan that occurred in December 2008. The eldest detainee is 23 years old, the other two are 18 years old. The young people admitted to committing the crime. The investigation has not yet reported on the motives for the crime. Sources Suspects detained in the murder of a student from Kazakhstan // Rosbalt.Ru. 2009. February 9.

On January 30, 2009, the Union "Christian Renaissance" (SHV) appealed to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika with a request to prosecute the leadership of Channel One and personally the general director Konstantin Ernst for showing the film "The Da Vinci Code" on January 2, 2009. Previously, the leadership of the SHV has already expressed indignation about this.

On February 8, 2009, in Moscow, near house 1 on Marksistskaya Street, several people beat up an 18-year-old citizen of Algeria. The young man was hospitalized with a closed craniocerebral injury and numerous bruises to the head. No robbery reported. Sources An 18-year-old Algerian citizen was attacked in the center of Moscow // Novaya Gazeta.Ru. 2009. February 9.

In the Saratov region, in a Muslim prayer house in the village of Novorepnoe, among the books exhibited for the free acquaintance of parishioners, a book was found that was included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials and prohibited from distribution in Russia. The court recognized that it contains information inciting religious and ethnic hatred. The imam of the prayer house declared that the book belonged to him.