On March 1, 2009, in Moscow, near the Museum of the Russian Armed Forces, a number of right-wing radical organizations held a rally in memory of the Pskov paratroopers who died in Chechnya in March 2000. The event was attended by 300 to 500 people, among whom were activists of DPNI, Slavic Union and other nationalist organizations. The protesters held flags, banners and photographs of the dead paratroopers in their hands.

The Department for Tolerance and Non-Discrimination of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has launched a new project. It is planned to publish a collection dedicated to the best educational practices to prevent intolerance against Muslims. The OSCE/ODIHR invites all states and interested organizations, including non-governmental organizations, to submit contributions to this compendium. The deadline for submitting materials is May 15, 2009.

The Jewish National Cultural Autonomy of Vladivostok issued a statement in Moscow in connection with the court decision on the expulsion from Russia of Rabbi Yisroel Zilberstein of Primorye.

On February 20, 2009, after a punk concert in the Belgrade club in St. Petersburg, an anti-fascist, a musician from one of the punk bands, was severely beaten. The young man was attacked by 5-6 people. The injured musician has fractured facial bones. Inc. inf.

On February 25, in Moscow, in the Slavic Legal Center, a round table was held on the problems of conducting an examination in cases related to religious organizations.

On February 17, 2009, in the center of Tambov, a man previously convicted of murder attacked two citizens of the Congo. The man was drinking in the company near one of the houses when he saw dark-skinned young people passing by. He approached them, began demanding money from them, inflicting racist insults. The young people tried to escape, but did not have time - the attacker took out a penknife and hit one of the Africans twice in the face, continuing to shout racist insults.

On March 2, 2009, it became known that a suspect in a racist attack on two Congolese citizens in February 2009 had been detained in Tambov. A criminal case was initiated against the detainee under paragraph "a" part 2 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity). Sources Recidivist extremist who attacked foreigners arrested in Tambov // IA REGNUM.Ru. 2009. March 2.

The Department for Tolerance and Non-Discrimination of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has launched a new project. It is planned to publish a collection dedicated to the best educational practices on intolerance towards Muslims. The OSCE/ODIHR invites all states and interested organizations, including non-governmental organizations, to submit contributions to this compendium. The deadline for submitting materials is May 15, 2009.

On March 2, 2009, the SOVA Center presented its new publication, Radical Russian Nationalism: Structures, Ideas, Faces, at the Independent Press Center. This book is a guide to radical Russian nationalist organizations. It is intended both for the further development of research into the Russian nationalist milieu and for fixing those changes in its organized part that have taken place over the past decade.

A compromise was reached between the Vladivostok diocese and the leadership of the directorate for the construction of roads "Vladivostok" regarding the construction of a highway in the immediate vicinity of the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent. During the next revision of the project, it was decided that a highway overpass would pass over the monastery, which would make it possible to bypass the monastery lands and buildings. This option of passage is agreed with the Vladivostok diocese.

On February 28, 2009, the Department of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District summed up the results of work in the field of countering extremist activity in 2008. In 2008, the district prosecutors sent 34 submissions to the courts. In the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Samara Region, 16 informational materials were identified as extremist.