August 26, 2010 in St. Petersburg against 12 people was initiated a criminal case under Art. 209 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (banditry). They are suspected of robbery. several stores, including jewelry, in murders and kidnappings. At the same time, according to investigators, some crimes were committed motivated by national hatred, but which ones, to unfortunately not reported.

In August 2010, in Moscow, two members of a far-right group were charged with the racist murder of Chinese citizen Li Zhi Wei in May 2006. They turned out to be Nikolai Korolev and Oleg Kostyrev, who in 2008 were sentenced by the Moscow City Court to life imprisonment for organizing a series of explosions, including at the Cherkizovsky market . Let us remind you that as a result of the latter, 13 people were killed and more than 50 were injured.

On the night of August 27 in the village of Yanino-1, Leningrad Region a 42-year-old woman and a 17-year-old teenager were attacked, both - citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan. The victims received multiple stab wounds. a woman had stab-cut wounds of her chest, and a young man had his stomach torn open with a knife. Overnight they were taken to one of the local hospitals are in critical condition. No robbery was reported. No criminal case has yet been opened.

August 27, 2010 VTsIOM published the results sociological survey about the attitudes of Russians to interethnic marriages. The survey was conducted on July 3-4 2010 in 140 settlements in 42 regions, territories and republics of Russia. Quantity 1600 respondents. The statistical error does not exceed 3.4%.