On March 26, 2010, the Surgut City Court recognized some of the materials of the founder of Scientology, Ron Hubbard, as extremist and prohibited from distribution in Russia. As a result of an audit conducted by the Surgut Transport Prosecutor's Office together with the Khanty-Mansiysk Customs, it was established that various materials on Scientology authored by Ron Hubbard were sent to Surgut from the United States.

On April 2, 2010, in the town of Fokino, Primorsky Territory, the shift supervisor at the boiler room of MUE Teploenergo demanded that two of his employees, Jehovah's Witnesses, familiarize themselves with the document "on terrorism" and sign it. He substantiated his demands by the fact that they are members of the Jehovah's Witnesses organization. The employees refused to sign the document.

On April 8, 2010, in St. Petersburg, police officers detained Vladislav Dzhumasultanov, deputy manager of Lenfilm, reserve colonel and veteran of the Afghan war. At about 21.00, in the area of ​​Voskova Street, police officers stopped V. Dzhumasultanov and demanded to present documents. Despite the fact that the document (pension certificate) was presented, they twisted his hands and forced him into the car. The detention was accompanied by racist insults. During his arrest, V.

On April 21, 2010, the State Duma of the Russian Federation in the first reading adopted a bill on introducing amendments to the current law “On Days of Military Glory and Memorable Dates of Russia.” According to this bill , it is proposed to establish a new memorable date - the Day of the Baptism of Russia, which is proposed to be celebrated on July 28. The bill was developed on behalf of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on August 14, 2009 and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on August 27, 2009.

On the night of April 20-21, 2010, three racist attacks were committed in the southwest of Moscow, two people were killed and two were injured. On April 20, 2010, at about 9:00 p.m., not far from the Belyaevo metro station, in the area of ​​house 114 on Profsoyuznaya Street, a group of teenagers of 8-10 people attacked a 30-year-old Russian citizen of Arab origin, Al-Khalidi. (According to other sources, the attack occurred on a 36-year-old Syrian citizen).

On April 13, 2010 in Sochi, the Youth Policy Department of the city administration and representatives of "traditional" religions for the region signed an agreement on cooperation in "protecting young people from the harmful influence of new religious associations." The document was signed by the deans of the Lazarevsky, Central, Khostinsky and Adlersky districts of the city of Sochi, the chief imam for Sochi and Tuapse and the rector of the Armenian Apostolic Church of the diocese of southern

On April 21, 2010, preliminary hearings of the criminal case against members of the NSO-North (National Socialist Society) group began in the Moscow District Military Court (MOVS). In total, 13 neo-Nazis are involved in the case, suspected of committing 39 hate crimes, including 27 murders. (see detailed description of the charges here ). The alleged leader of the organization is Lev Molotkov.

On April 21, 2010, it became known that a criminal case had been initiated in Kurgan on the fact of desecration of the local cathedral mosque. Inscriptions of insulting and humiliating content against Muslims were found on its walls. The case was initiated under Article 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (vandalism). A resident of Kurgan was detained on suspicion of committing a crime.

On April 9, 2010, xenophobic inscriptions insulting Muslims appeared on the walls of the cathedral mosque on Sibirskaya Street. The suspect in the commission of the crime was detained, a criminal case was initiated . Sources The prosecutor's office of the region recognized as lawful the initiation of a criminal case on vandalism committed on the grounds of national and religious hatred // Official website of the prosecutor's office of the Kurgan region. 2010. April 21.

On April 20, 2010, a 24-year-old native of Uzbekistan, who worked as a construction worker in the city, was killed in Nizhny Novgorod. The body of the deceased was found in the village of Podnovye (Nizhny Novgorod region) with stab wounds. No robbery reported. A criminal case has been initiated. Sources In Nizhny Novgorod, an unknown attacker killed a guest worker from Uzbekistan // NTA-Privolzhye. 2010. April 21.

In early April 2010, in the city of Glazov (Udmurtia), a criminal case was initiated under paragraph "b" part 2 of article 116 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (beatings inflicted on the grounds of ethnic hatred) against a group of minors accused of beating a black teenager . As part of the pre-investigation check, it was established that three juvenile delinquents had previously been registered with the police and were prematurely removed from it.

On April 20, 2010, a march "Islam against terror" was held in Moscow, in which Muslims of Moscow, as well as representatives of other faiths, including members of the "Orthodox Corps" of the Nashi movement, took part. More than a thousand people took part in the action. The march was initiated by the Muslim youth of Moscow in connection with the explosions in the Moscow metro that occurred on March 29, 2010.

On April 21, 2010, a criminal case was initiated in Kurgan under Part 2 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (vandalism motivated by national and religious hatred) on the fact of the discovery of xenophobic inscriptions on the cathedral mosque. The police established the identity of the suspect, in relation to him a measure of restraint was chosen in the form of a written undertaking not to leave the country.