On January 4, 2011, two 16-year-old teenagers were detained in Moscow, suspected of committing an attack on a Kyrgyz citizen on January 1 of this year. One of the detainees is a vocational school student, and the second is a 1st year student at a pedagogical university. A criminal case has been initiated against them under Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism). Unfortunately, we do not know whether there is a motive of national hatred in the accusation.

On January 11, 2011, in St. Petersburg, as well as in Moscow , an ultra-right action announced by the “ December 11 Movement ” was supposed to take place. However, the right-wing radicals never arrived at Sennaya Square, where the event was supposed to take place, at the appointed time. Reinforced police squads were on duty in the square, as well as at Gostinny Dvor and at the Pushkinskaya metro station. Law enforcement officers checked the documents of passers-by, but no arrests were made.

In January 2011 SOVA Center received statistical information for 2009 on criminal cases initiated on crimes qualified as hate crimes in the Republic of Altai. These data clarify and supplement the all-Russian statistics on crimes.

In January 2011, the Sanity Foundation placed two billboards with quotes from the Constitution of the Russian Federation on the streets of Moscow. One of the billboards with a quote from Art. 14 (“Russian Federation is a secular state”) is located in Strogino, where residents are protesting against the construction of an Orthodox church.

12 January 2011 Prosecutor's Office of Vologda announced that on December 29, 2010 a claim was filed with the court on recognition as extremist materials two leaflets of the party "Will", distributed in the city on pickets and rallies in April 2010. Speech is about the leaflets "WILL, Who blows up Russia?" and "WILL, Only a few remained days to have time to save Russia?

On January 11, 2011, in Moscow in Cheryomushki, foreign workers tried to hold a protest against mass police checks , which sharply became stricter during the New Year holidays. However, the police did not allow the unsanctioned event to take place, detaining about 30 of its participants. Most of the detainees are citizens of Kyrgyzstan. Sources Media: in the south-west of Moscow, dozens of migrant workers who went to a protest were detained // NEWSru.com. 2011. January 12.

At the annual meeting of the Tambov diocese, held on December 28, 2010, Bishop Feodosius of Tambov and Michurin announced data on the participation of secondary schools in the region in the all-Russian experiment on teaching the fundamentals of religious cultures and secular ethics. According to the bishop, 634 schools are participating in the experiment - 100%.

In January 2011, Roskomnadzor on Rostovskaya published appeal to the chief editors of the media. In it, the agency recalled that “ the publication of announcements indicating the national belongings of tenants or employees invited to work, refers to such a sign of extremist activity as a violation rights and legitimate interests of a person and a citizen, depending on his social, racial, national, religious or linguistic affiliation or relationship to religion.

On January 11, 2011, the Interregional Human Rights Association "AGORA" addressed the Ministry of Justice with a request to check the activities of the Young Guard of the United Russia party for compliance with the law.

On January 1, 2011, a 33-year-old visitor from Kyrgyzstan was attacked in Moscow. Two teenagers attacked a foreigner in the morning on Academician Kapitsa Street. The victim was stabbed in the chest and was taken to the hospital. No robbery was reported. A criminal case has been opened into the attack. Sources Teenagers who attacked a citizen of Kyrgyzstan with a knife were detained in Moscow // Newsru.com. 2011. January 4.

In January 2011, in the Stavropol Territory, a a criminal case on inciting ethnic hatred (Part 1, Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Case started in connection with the discovery of more than 50 xenophobic leaflets in the village of Novoblagodarnoye. The police are identifying possible culprits, in the case so far no one has been arrested. Sources Glushkov A. Stavropol Territory is bombarded with nationalist leaflets // TVNZ. 2011. January 6th.

At the end of December 2010, it became known that the Leningradsky The district court of Kaliningrad granted the request of the investigating authorities to extension of the period of detention of a citizen of Uzbekistan accused of distribution of prohibited religious literature. The citizen has been put on the wanted list in his homeland.

On January 11, 2011, an attempt was thwarted in Moscow holding the second ultra-right rally on Manezhnaya Square, similar to the one staged by right-wing radicals on December 11 last year, and which ended in riots .

January 1, 2011 in the village of Novoblagodarnoye Stavropol edges appeared anti-Caucasian leaflets. In them, the authors called on local residents to " smash not ours ." A total of 56 such leaflets were found. A criminal case has been initiated under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred). Sources Glushkov A. Stavropol Territory is bombarded with nationalist leaflets // TVNZ. 2011. January 6th.

January 11, 2011 the caretaker of the Mikhailovsky cemetery in Yekaterinburg found on an obelisk in honor of the fallen in the Great Patriotic War war painted with black paint a star and an inverted cross. Above the list dead vandals wrote: "Burn the churches to hell." An investigation team has left for the scene. Sources Yekaterinburg Satanists desecrated the monument to the fallen in the Second World War // Uralinformburo. 2011. January 12.