In January 2011, from racist and neo-Nazi motivated attacks at least 14 people were injured, 3 of them died. (According to updated SOVA Center estimates that in January 2010 at least 45 people were injured, out of 4 of them died; this, we note, is three times more than we wrote in a similar report for January 2010, so the current figures, alas, are still inevitable will increase). Violent incidents were recorded in Moscow (9 victims, of which 1 dead), Voronezh (3 injured), St.

On January 31, 2011, it became known that in several secondary schools in the Saratov region (in the villages of Tarlykovka, Vasilyevka and Lopukhovka), as part of an experiment, classes on “Fundamentals of Islamic Culture” were introduced from the beginning of the school year, taught by local imam Rustam Mukhitov. Since January, these classes have become weekly. Not only Muslims attend the elective.

January 21, 2011 during the Friday prayer in prayer the building of the Muslims of Voronezh, senior assistant prosecutor Tatyana came without warning Chernyshov, accompanied by a police officer. According to the correspondent of Portal-Credo.Ru, the prosecutor's office of the Kominternovsky district of Voronezh is conducting verification in response to the appeal of a citizen who doubted the legality of holding divine services in a non-residential premises rented by the Muslim community.

On February 1, 2011, IslamNews correspondents reported that Muslims Tyumen intend to appeal to the mufti of Kazakhstan Absattar Derbisali with a request to influence the producers of cognac "Turkestan". Muslims outraged by what's on the label liquor depicts the mausoleum of the famous Sufi figure Akhmet Yasawi. Sources Siberians ask the mufti of Kazakhstan to help change the label of brandy "Turkestan" // islamnews. 2011. February 1.

In January 2011, in the Ulyanovsk region, the court delivered a verdict in the case of incitement of national and religious hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). In the dock were 60-year-old Nail Mikeev and 49-year-old Ravil Timerbulatov.

In January 2011, in the Trans-Baikal Territory, a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national, religious or social hatred). The case was initiated upon the discovery on December 27 last year of bulletin board near the administration building of the village "Aksenovo-Zilovskoe" a xenophobic leaflet calling for violence against the "non-Russian" population.

In January 2011, an investigation into a series of hate crimes, including explosions and arson, was completed in the Penza region. Two young people will soon find themselves in the dock: Ilya Petrov (“Schizophrenic”), born in 1992, and his accomplice, Alexander Loskutov, born in 1990.

On January 26, 2011, in Perm, an agreement was signed between the Property Treasury of the Perm Territory and the Mansuriya comprehensive Muslim gymnasium on the transfer to the latter of four buildings (educational and dormitory buildings, a catering unit and premises for educational and production workshops), located on an area of ​​1.3 hectares.

Our monthly review addresses xenophobia,radical nationalism, and the state’s reactions for the month of January 2011.The contents of the report are excerpted from the results of SOVA Center’sdaily monitoring activities. We ask the reader to keep in mind that thenumbers stated here – which are the most current available to SOVA ­– willinevitably increase.

On January 12, 2011 it became known that the Commissioner on human rights in the Russian Federation filed a complaint against the actions of officials of the Department of Internal Affairs of Kharovsk Vologda region. In the text of the complaint, it was indicated that the police officers detained members of the Witnesses Jehovah”, they were forcibly fingerprinted and photographed.