Bishop Irinarch of Perm and Solikamsk sent an open letter addressed to believers, as well as heads of educational and cultural institutions, heads of provincial and regional administrations. In this letter, he calls to prevent the introduction of tolerance lessons in schools.

On February 10, 2009, a trial began in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in a case against 6 young people accused under Part 1 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for the implementation of extremist activities) and Part 2 of Art. 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in an extremist community).

On February 10, 2009, information appeared on right-wing websites that FSB officers had searched the apartment near Moscow of Ivan Strukov, a member of the Movement Against Illegal Immigration. The search took place as part of the criminal case "on public calls for extremist activity ," but the details of this criminal case were not reported. Based on materials from right-wing radical sites

Leaders of Muslim communities in Russia protested to Chief Rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar. In early February, he expressed regret over the fact that Nafigulla Ashirov, co-chairman of the Russian Council of Muftis, continues to hold his post. B. Lazar's statement was related to one of N. Ashirov's comments on the situation in the Gaza Strip.

On February 11, the court of the Pervorechensky district of Vladivostok decided to expel the Chief Rabbi of the Primorsky Territory, US citizen Israel Zilberstein, from the Russian Federation. The reason for this decision was non-observance of the order of stay in the country. The court considered that the purposes of the stay indicated in the rabbi's visa did not correspond to his actual activities. The decision can be appealed within ten days.

Representatives of Muslim communities in the Penza region have repeatedly contacted the editors of the Islam in Kamenka website with complaints and requests to understand the situation when authorities interfere in the affairs of local religious organizations.

On January 28, 2009, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation did not satisfy the cassation in the case of Nazi skinheads convicted by the Kaluga Regional Court. In October 2008, eight people from the gang of Nazi skinheads who carried out nationalist attacks in August 2007 and January 2008 were convicted . Young people were sentenced to punishments from 2 years of imprisonment (conditionally) to 6 years of imprisonment in an educational colony.

The prosecutor's office of the city of Bavly of the Republic of Tatarstan brought the "Muslim healer" to administrative responsibility. Rashit Khusainov, a native of Bashkortostan, pretended to be a descendant of Avicenna and gave lectures at the city's House of Culture. His speeches attracted the attention of the local Muslim clergy, who considered it inadmissible and contrary to the canons of Islam to use Muslim paraphernalia under the pretext of healing people.