On March 3, 2009, young people were detained in Nizhny Novgorod who attacked a student from Egypt and a resident of Cameroon. All the detainees are residents of Nizhny Novgorod aged 15 to 24. All of them have no previous convictions. The youth confessed to the crime. At the moment, all four are being checked for involvement in similar crimes. Sources This is reported in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate for the Nizhny Novgorod region // News-NN.ru. 2009. March 3.

In Chelyabinsk, two people - born in 1981 and 1983 - were arrested on charges of involvement in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir. Previously, both of them were witnesses in the case of the preparation of a terrorist attack by members of Hizb ut-Tahrir. In July 2008, extremist literature and 9 grenades were seized from three suspects. Now the FSB has established the fact that two more people were involved in Hizb ut-Tahrir.

On March 2, 2009, the Independent Press Center hosted a presentation of the reference book of the SOVA Center "Radical Russian Nationalism: Structures, Ideas, Faces" . The director of the SOVA Center Alexander Verkhovsky, Deputy Director of the SOVA Center Galina Kozhevnikova, President of the Panorama Information Center Vladimir Pribylovsky took part in the event. In total, the presentation was attended by more than 60 people.

In February 2009, at least 26 people were injured in racist and neo-Nazi attacks, 2 of whom died. In February 2008, at least 71 people were injured, 18 of whom died. The sharp decrease in the number of victims can be explained, in particular, by the active work of law enforcement agencies, which detained several groups of Nazi skinheads during the winter months. However, the fact that in Moscow, for example, after February 12, not a single incident was recorded, causes concern.

The Murmansk research center "Streta", specializing in studying the activities of NRMs, became part of the Russian Association of Centers for the Study of Religions and Sects (RACIRS). With the blessing of Archbishop Simon of Murmansk and Monchegorsk, Anton Tuchkov, head of the diocesan department of religious education and catechesis, became the head of the center.

The Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FEOR) is outraged by the content of the electronic textbook on religious studies distributed by the Department of Regional Studies of Ulyanovsk State University.

On February 28, 2009, the former editor-in-chief of the Adyghe republican newspaper Zakubanye was charged under Part 2 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (commission of actions aimed at inciting hatred and enmity, as well as humiliating the dignity of a group of persons on the basis of nationality, committed with the use of the media). This was reported by the press service of the UPC RF for the region.

March 3, 2009 Tyumen hosted a coordinating meeting of the leaders of law enforcement agencies in the region, which discussed issues of combating extremism. The meeting, which was held under the leadership of the prosecutor of the Tyumen region V. Vladimirov, was attended by: vice-governor S. Sarychev, chief federal inspector for the Tyumen region A. Rutsinsky, members of the coordination meeting - heads of law enforcement agencies of the region, chairman of the Tyumen regional court A.

On March 2, the imam of the Sunzhensky district of Ingushetia was beaten in Nazran. Two unidentified men stopped a Zhiguli car driven by a clergyman, beat him with a baseball bat, fired at the car and fled. The Imam received minor bodily injuries, medical assistance was provided to him immediately. 17 shell casings of 5.45 mm caliber were seized from the scene. The issue of initiating a criminal case is being resolved.

On March 3, 2009, a 27-year-old unemployed Petersburger was detained near house 40 on Prospekt Slavy in St. Petersburg, suspected of making and installing an explosive device in the building of the Leningrad Trade House (DLT) department store on Bolshaya Konyushennaya. were confiscated from the detainee .

In February, 2009, not less than 26 people, including 2 fatalities, became victims of racist and neo-nazi attacks. To compare, in February, 2008, we registered not less than 71 victims, including 18 fatalities. The decrease is partly due to the active work of the law enforcement bodies: there were several nazi skinhead groups detained in the winter months. However, the fact that there have been no incidents reported since February 12, is suspicious.

The Moscow government has decided to transfer the buildings of the psycho-neurological boarding school N 3 to the Nikolo-Peshnoshsky monastery in the village of Lugovoi, Dmitrovsky district. The boarding school was run by the Moscow Department of Social Protection. The monastery is given 4 buildings with a total area of ​​2322 sq. meters. An agreement on gratuitous use will be concluded with the monastery.

On March 3, speaking to reporters, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said that he considered it appropriate to create a single Muslim center. “I am sure that it would be in the interests of all Muslims in Russia and the country as a whole to have a single coordinating center for Muslims in Russia,” he said.

At the end of February 2009, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications and Mass Communications (Rossvyazkomnadzor) (former Rossvyazohrankultura - ed.) published a list of warnings for "using the media to carry out extremist activities", issued by the department to media editors in 2009. Warnings issued to the editors of the Yakutsk Vecherniy newspaper for publishing an interview with E. Kiseleva with the poet Sofron Osipov "Why I was known as a brawler" in No.

On March 3, speaking in the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation at a round table on the problems of examination of Muslim literature and a list of extremist materials, the chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia, Ravil Gainutdin, proposed the creation of a federal religious expert council. According to R.