In Chelyabinsk, a 25-year-old resident of the city and a 23-year-old native of Plast were detained, suspected of the murder September 2008 of Chinese citizen Qiao Jiuzian. On February 10, 2009, the suspects were charged under pars. "g", "l" part 2 of Art. 105 (murder committed by a group of persons, motivated by racial, national hatred). The detainees are in custody. Recall that the video footage of the murder appeared on Nazi websites in October 2008. Sources Ufimtseva K.

Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev said in an interview with Nezavisimaya Gazeta that, according to the police, there are "more than 80 international extremist organizations that promote radical Islamic ideology" in Russia. Sources Rashid Nurgaliyev: "We will not allow rampant crime" // Independent newspaper. 2009. February 10.

On February 6, riot police and representatives of special services disrupted the performance of the pagan group "Arkona" in the St. Petersburg club "Arctic", arranging a search of the spectators who came to the concert. The young people present in the hall were photographed in front and in profile, their fingerprints were taken, their phone numbers and passport details were recorded.

On February 10, 2009, the director of the FSB of the Russian Federation, the chairman of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC), Alexander Bortnikov, said that youth nationalist groups are becoming more active in Russia, resorting to violent methods to achieve their goals.

On February 10, 2009, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Rashid Nurgaliev, said in an interview with Nezavisimaya Gazeta that “an increase in crimes of an extremist nature” was being recorded in the country. The minister added that “the number of participants in various radical movements - from nationalist organizations to fan groups” is about 200 thousand people.

On February 9, 2009, the Investigative Department of the RF Investigative Committee for the Saratov Region reported that on February 5, in a prayer house in the village of Novorepnoye, Ershov District, a book included in the federal list of extremist materials was found among the books exhibited for free acquaintance by parishioners .

On February 6, 2009, at about 20:00 in Moscow, in a fixed-route taxi, a passenger attacked employees of the embassy of the Republic of the Congo. The reason for the attack was that 30 and 31-year-old Congolese, who were traveling along the Moscow Ring Road to Yasenevo in a taxi, spoke French among themselves. The attacker started insulting the foreigners and demanded that they speak Russian.

On February 2, 2009, a criminal case was initiated against the National Bolshevik Elena Boikova under Art. Art. 282.2 (organization of the activities of an extremist organization) and 165 (causing property damage by deceit or breach of trust) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The case was opened for the action "Eat for free", for which one of its participants had already been sentenced .

On January 28, 2009, the criminal case under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of ethnic hatred or enmity) against Vasily Kuchkov, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Priazovsky Krai, was transferred to the prosecutor of the Kirovsky district of Rostov-on-Don for approval of the indictment. The investigation into the case was completed.

on the fact of desecration A criminal case has been initiated of the burial places of the dead at the Zaikovsky cemetery of Kurgan. Another criminal case was initiated on the fact of theft from the cemetery chapel, which the attackers entered by breaking the windows. The investigation was taken over by the regional prosecutor's office. Sources A criminal case was opened on the fact of illegal entry into the chapel of the parish of the "Holy Trinity" of the Trans-Urals // Euro-Asian news.

On February 9, 2009, the Moscow City Court held a preliminary hearing in a criminal case against 6 Nazi skinheads accused of attacking citizens of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in October 2007. During the last court session, the defense's petition for consideration of the case by a jury was granted. Jury selection is scheduled for March 4, 2009 and will be held behind closed doors.