On March 31, 2009, the Soviet District Court of Bryansk delivered a guilty verdict under Part 2 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (vandalism) against four defendants accused of attacks on the Jewish school "Or Avner" in October-November 2007. The court sentenced two teenagers to 1 year in prison (conditionally), one more - to 6 months. imprisonment (conditionally) with a trial period of six months. Another teenager was sentenced to 100 hours of community service.

In March 2009, the Krasnoyarsk court overturned the decision to punish a bookstore and the general director of the same store for distributing V. Istarkhov's book "Blow of the Russian Gods" "due to the absence of an administrative offense." On March 5, 2009, a judge of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Court annulled the decision of the judge of the Central District of Krasnoyarsk dated January 28, 2009 to impose a fine of 50 thousand rubles on the Russkoye Slovo store.

In February-March 2009 in the city of Ob, Novosibirsk Region, 20 year old young man was spreading letters, the content of which is "sent on the formation of nationalist and extremist sentiments, as well as incitement to action against representatives of the authorities ." He posted these letters on the building of the city administration and on the building where the office of the regional branch of "United Russia" and the center of urban education children, and also sent one of them to the

In March 2009, students of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs received a new textbook by V.A. Drozhzhin “History of the Russian State and Law 1985-1991: a textbook” (St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. 2008. 76 p.) The book claims that “world Zionism” is to blame for all Russia’s troubles. Quotes: "Trotsky was a direct resident of Zionist circles in Russia...

The chairman of the Union of Buddhists of Buryatia, kensur Choi-Dorzhi Budaev, sent an appeal to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov with a request to consider the issue of the arrival of the 14th Dalai Lama in Russia. "On behalf of hundreds of thousands of believers of my people and personally on my own behalf, I have the honor to ask you to facilitate the arrival of His Holiness the Dalai Lama XIV in Russia and resolve the issue of an entry visa.

On March 30, 2009, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the verdict of the Sverdlovsk Regional Court under paragraph "l" of Part 2 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation to 17-year-old Vladimir M., who committed the murder of a citizen of Uzbekistan in November 2007. By the verdict of the jury, Vladimir M. was found guilty and not deserving of leniency. The court sentenced him to 9 years in prison to be served in a penal colony.

On March 14, 2009, in Cheboksary (Chuvashia), a young man painted a swastika and far-right inscriptions on the wall of an abandoned boiler house on the territory of the Republican Clinical Hospital. This became known from the news about the initiation of a criminal case against the suspect. Sources In Cheboksary, a criminal case was opened on an extremist crime // SU SK under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation for the Chuvash Republic. 2010. February 2.

The Ministry of Justice calls on religious organizations to submit timely reports on their activities, leadership and expenditure of funds. Religious organizations registered with the Ministry of Justice must submit reports in accordance with the law “On Non-Profit Organizations” by April 15. “There are 15 days left before the deadline for submitting a report in form No. OR001.

On March 31, it became known that a verdict against a resident of the city, found guilty of assisting terrorist activities, came into force in Tambov. Since February 2008, the convict systematically and purposefully searched for people to participate in illegal armed formations on the territory of the North Caucasus. In December 2006, he converted to Islam, then underwent religious training in Kazan.

On March 30, 2009, in Moscow, officers of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Central Federal District detained a man while trying to sell "products of extremist content." During a search of his apartment, more than ten books and almost 180 disks with films of an "extremist nature" were confiscated.

In March 2009, in Ryazan, unknown persons attempted to set fire to the Underground club, where anti-fascists gathered. The author of the message believes that Nazi skinheads may be involved in this. Sources Chelikanova I. "White Wolves", "White Inquisition" and other "white" // RIA "Media Ryazan". 2010. February 10.

On March 31, a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church took place. A number of important organizational decisions were made at the meeting. Bishop Hilarion (Alfeev) of Vienna and Austria, relieved of the administration of the Vienna-Austrian and Hungarian dioceses and appointed Bishop of Volokolamsk, became chairman of the DECR. He was also appointed vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' and a permanent member of the Holy Synod ex officio.

On March 31, Archbishop Vikenty of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye met with the head of the Rezhevsky urban district, Dmitry Batishchev. During the meeting, an agreement on cooperation was signed between the administration of the Rezhevsky urban district and the Yekaterinburg diocese. The document provides for the unification of efforts in the implementation of joint programs in the field of education, culture, healthcare and the social sphere.

March 31, 2009 in Nizhny Novgorod was held a "round table" on the topic: "Tolerance as a prerequisite for the stable development of the Nizhny Novgorod region." During the event, the deputy head of the department for organizing the activities of district police officers and units for juvenile affairs of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate for the Nizhny Novgorod Region, police lieutenant colonel Tatyana Kuranova, stated that "since 2002, the number of teenagers who consider themselves to be