April 20, 2011 in Nizhny Novgorod once again were graves in the Muslim part of the Novosormovskoye cemetery were desecrated. yellow and vandals painted green paint on 24 tombstones with a swastika and 6 of they were thrown to the ground. On this fact, a criminal case was initiated under Art. 244 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (abuse over burial sites).

April 19, 2011 at Archbishop of Chelyabinsk and Zlatoust Feofan (Ashurkov) said at a press conference that a special commission has already been created in Chelyabinsk, which preliminary selection of sites where Orthodox churches can be built. In the Chelyabinsk region, about 160 parishes, it is planned that there will be more than two hundred of them.

In April 2011, in the city of Syktyvkar of the Komi Republic, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (initiation of a national hate). The case was started in connection with the publication on the website "Business News Republic of Komi" xenophobic commentary to the article "In the Komi branch of the All-Russian Azerbaijan Congress there were personnel changes.

On April 19, 2011, it became known that Archbishop of Chelyabinsk and Zlatoust Feofan (Ashurkov) became the rector of the Alexander Nevsky Church on the Scarlet Field, which was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church, which previously housed a concert hall and currently houses an organ . The concert hall will be moved to the building of the former Rodina cinema; the organ will leave the church building after the restoration of the cinema.

April 17, 2011 in the Moscow region Vostochnoe Degunino took place another protest action of local residents on the construction of an Orthodox church on territory of the Northern Dubki park. About two hundred people took part in the action. Initiative participants of the action collected signatures in defense of the nature reserve.

April 20, 2011 in Moscow, the press secretary of the Federal migration service Konstantin Poltoranin, in his interview with the BBC, allowed himself some racist remarks. According to the BBC, Konstantin Poltaranin said that he “ does not understand the immigration policies of countries Western Europe, where, in his opinion, immigration from African countries and Middle East.

20 April In 2011, in Smolensk, at one of the shopping centers, three young people attacked two (according to other sources, three) Indian citizens passing by, shouting “blacks, get out of here, Russia is for us, not for you.” One of the victims suffered a broken arm. The attackers fled the scene. Later, N. Krichevtsov and S. Kozlov, suspected of the attack, were detained. Sources Official site of the Industrial District Court of Smolensk.

On April 20, 2011, the press secretary was fired in Moscow Federal Migration Service Konstantin Poltoranin. The reason for the dismissal was the scandal that arose around racist remarks by an official about " survival white race " and " mixing of blood in correct mode ", which he allowed himself in an interview with the Russian service Air Force. Konstantin Poltoranin served as press secretary of the FMS since 2005.

In April 2011 in Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk region) a verdict was passed in the case of inciting national and religious hatred (part 1 of article 282 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

On April 19, 2011, the Prosecutor's Office of the Penza Region reported that a check has been launched on the fact of the appearance of anti-Semitic publications on the forum Penza information portal PNZ.ru. Comments appeared on the site from December 2009 to February 2010, and left them by a user registered under the nickname "Saims". In addition to obscene and offensive statements about Jews, the user also posted anti-Semitic Pictures.

On April 8, 2011, the Tushinsky District Court of Moscow ruled verdict in the case of two attacks on people with a "non-Slavic appearance". Dmitry Valiulin, born in 1985, was in the dock birth, Dmitry Surov 1988 birth and Denis Shchupletsov 1986 births who, among other things, were accused of being severely beaten in December 2009 a native of Armenia, the year of Sargis Sahakyan, and Alexander Satrivanov, an ethnic Chuvash. Young people were charged with paragraph "a" part 3 of Art.

On April 20, 2011, Interfax published the opinions of members of the Russian Orthodox Church regarding a survey according to which only 46% of Orthodox Russians believe in the resurrection after death.

April 19, 2011 year, Interfax reported data from a public opinion poll on faith in afterlife and resurrection after death. Statement "I believe in resurrection after death" is considered acceptable by 26% of respondents. Of the 74% of respondents who do not believe in the resurrection after death or doubting, 58% of men, 63% of students and 57% of people over 65 years. Of the respondents who named themselves Orthodox, 46% do not believe in the resurrection.

In April 2011 in Novokuznetsk (Kemerovo Region) there were completed the investigation of the case of 17-year-old Sergei P., who, we recall, was previously we are on trial for the racist beating of a native of Azerbaijan. This time a young man is accused of killing a homeless man , and also that he, along with a friend who filmed the beating Azerbaijani, edited and posted on the Internet a video with footage of the attack and calls to kill "non-Russians".