On the night of May 4, 2009 in Moscow in Kuzminsky Park, five men attacked two natives of Nigeria. The attackers stopped the Nigerians with the question "Why are you in Russia" and called them "blacks". One of the men hit one of the natives of Nigeria. When he turned away, two men grabbed him and beat him with their hands and feet. The Nigerian has bruises on his body and on his face. Both natives of Nigeria managed to escape. According to Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy.

Director of the Human Rights Center of the World Russian People's Council Roman Silantiev expressed concern about the situation of the Orthodox and Russian-speaking population in Tyva. He pointed out that for almost ten years in Kyzyl (the capital of Tyva) there have been problems with the construction of the Resurrection Cathedral.

On May 4, 2009, the conviction of the Zyuzinsky District Court in the case of an 18-year-old polytechnic college student, Dmitry Rabuev, and a 16-year-old unemployed resident of the Vladimir region came into force. The young people were accused of two nationalist attacks that occurred in Moscow in February and August 2008. The defendants were charged with paragraph “a” of Part 3 of Art.

On May 4, 2009, it became known that in Vladivostok the investigation of a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity) against the leader of the urban movement "Union of Slavs" 42-year-old Alexander Komarov. Komarov is also charged with Part 1. Art. 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for extremist activities).

On April 28, 2009, it became known that a cemetery had been desecrated in the village of Kardailovo, Orenburg Region. 60 monuments and gravestones were broken, some of them are painted with swastikas and sevens. A criminal case has been initiated under Art. 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (vandalism). Suspects were detained - 20-year-old Aleksey F. and 15-year-old Alexander P. Sources Ekaterina Polityko, Ilyas Khayalin. Congratulations from Satanists // Orenburg GTRK.

In Pskov, a tour of the rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar", which was to be held on May 5 at the Drama Theater, was banned. Zinaida Ivanova, chairman of the Pskov Region State Committee for Culture, demanded that the performance be replaced, citing the ban of the local diocese, Express Gazeta reports . The official reason for the cancellation of the production is "technical complexity" for the theatre, which is in disrepair. According to Tamara Malysheva, deputy director of the St.

On April 7, 2009, it became known that the results of an examination of the materials of the newspaper "Erzyan Mastor" were received , against which a trial is underway in Mordovia to close it due to inciting ethnic hatred.

The government of the Nizhny Novgorod region intends to transfer to the ownership of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese several churches and monastic ensembles located in the region.

On the night of May 3, 2009, in the Moscow microdistrict Koptevo, next to a trading booth located in Cherepanovyh passage near house 64, building 2, an explosion occurred, as a result of which two local residents were injured. Two men, aged 43 and 35, who were passing by the tent, were injured. According to the victims, one of them kicked a box standing next to the tent, after which an explosion occurred.

On May 1, 2009, it became known that neo-Nazi inscriptions appeared on some fences in Rybinsk (Yaroslavl region). The inscriptions "Kill the Jew" appeared on the fence at the entrance to one of the city's stadiums, as well as on the fence that encloses one of the military units. Sources In Rybinsk they want to "kill a Jew" // AEN. 2009. May 1.