In early October 2009, the Beloyarsk inter-district prosecutor's office (Sverdlovsk region) opened a criminal investigation into an attack on a dormitory in Zarechny, which injured several workers from Kazakhstan. The criminal case was initiated under paragraph "b" part 2 of Art. 116 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (beating based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or based on hatred or enmity against any social group).

On October 3, the car of the famous Muslim theologian Murtazali Magomedov was fired on in Dagestan. He died on the spot from his injuries. The incident occurred at about 23:00 on the federal highway "Kavkaz". A criminal case has been initiated under the articles "murder" and "illegal possession of weapons." Sources Muslim religious leader shot dead in Dagestan // IslamRF.ru. 2009. October 5.

On October 2, 2009, in Perm, a search was carried out at the home of one of Eduard Limonov's followers as part of a criminal case under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of the activities of an extremist organization), initiated by the regional department of the FSB in the Perm Territory.

On the night of October 1-2, 2009, in Zarechny (Sverdlovsk region), several people attacked a hostel where workers from Kazakhstan live. The attackers beat several people. Four victims were hospitalized. The workers employed in the construction of the fourth power unit of the Beloyarsk NPP live in the hostel. A criminal case has been initiated . Sources Ziyangirova E. Four migrant workers were hospitalized with beatings at the Zarechny hospital. Criminal case initiated // The day before.

On September 15, Rossiya TV channel reported on the decision of the Rostov Regional Court in the case of Jehovah's Witnesses. On September 16, in the city of Roshchino, Leningrad Region, an elderly man beat a woman, a Jehovah's Witness, when she was talking to people about the Bible. He motivated this by the fact that the organization is prohibited. The man said that "the Cossacks from Rostov will come and kill you all here." An application was made to the police. Inc. inf.

On September 11, the Rostov Regional Court ruled to liquidate the religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses - Taganrog on the grounds that its activities and literature were recognized as extremist. After that, the prosecutor's office applied to the court with a demand to seize the property of this organization until the court decision enters into force. On September 18, the court granted the request of the regional prosecutor's office and seized the organization's property.

On September 26, 2009, in Yekaterinburg, the Kirovsky District Court began considering a lawsuit filed by the Kirovsky District Prosecutor's Office to recognize a number of National Bolshevik materials as extremist.

On October 3, 2009, it became known that in Kaliningrad the police nevertheless refused to initiate a criminal case on drawing the image of Nazi swastikas on May 20, 2009 on the monument to Soviet soldiers who died during the storming of Koenigsberg. Let us recall that on July 20, 2009, from the decision of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Leningradsky District of Kaliningrad, it became known that the police refused to initiate this criminal case.

On October 1, 2009, within the framework of the annual Warsaw conference on the human dimension, a briefing "Abuse of the fight against terrorism and extremism in Russia" was held, organized by the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) with the participation of the Civic Assistance Committee and the organization "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights" ( both are Russia).

On October 2, 2009, the Leninsky District Court of Ulyanovsk delivered a verdict in the case of an attack by three teenagers on a Vietnamese citizen in January 2009. The teenager who inflicted fatal stab wounds to the deceased was found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder) and sentenced to 6.5 years in a penal colony. Two more teenagers who participated in the beating of a Vietnamese citizen were found guilty under Part 1 of Art.

On October 5, 2009, it became known that a cemetery had been desecrated in the village of Toroshino, Pskov District. On October 3, a criminal case was initiated under Art. 244.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (desecration of the bodies of the dead or destruction, damage or desecration of burial places, tomb structures or cemetery buildings intended for ceremonies in connection with the burial of the dead or their commemoration). About 20 monuments were damaged.

We are publishing an article by Galina Kozhevnikova, included in the collection "Applied Religious Studies for Journalists", prepared as part of the project "Counteracting Hate Speech in the Russian Media" by the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations .