On April 30, 2011, the website of the Fergana international news agency published an interview with ethnologist Igor Savin, who is an employee of the Center for the Study of Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Ural-Volga Region of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In an interview with the scientist, the results of the study “ Interethnic intolerance among urban youth ” and the general situation with interethnic relations in the country are discussed.

On May 3, 2011, in the Moscow region, three men with shaved heads stopped an Afghan citizen on the street and asked what he was doing in Russia, calling him a "chock". After that, they said that "let him leave here." One of the attackers walked around him and stabbed him. The Afghan man was stabbed in the stomach. He spent a month in the hospital. The criminal case was initiated and closed. Sources Information provided by the organization "Civil Assistance".

On May 11, 2011, it became known that Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin appointed First Deputy Head of the Department of Interregional Cooperation, national policy and relations with religious organizations of Mikhail Solomentsev. Prior to that, he was acting head of the already abolished committee interregional relations and national policy. Konstantin Blazhenov was appointed one of M. Solomentsev's deputies, who headed the Department for Relations with Religious Organizations.

May 5, 2011 rector of the Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit on apostles at the Lazarevsky cemetery, hegumen Sergius (Rybko), commenting the possibility of holding a gay parade in Moscow, expressed dissatisfaction with the insufficient fight against homosexuality: "Why are they fighting drug addiction, but not fighting it? People who do this become morons in ultimately! They cannot create a family, do not live a normal human life. life. How can this be allowed?!

On May 11, 2011, the State Duma of the Russian Federation rejected the bill “On amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation (on the issue of changing current legislation based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred).” Let us recall that this bill was submitted to parliament by the Moscow City Duma in October 2010 and envisaged toughening penalties for crimes committed with hate motives, removing cases

In May 2011, an anti-fascist an action organized by the Zenit football club: before the match between Zenit and Lokomotiv, anti-fascist leaflets.

On May 11, 2011 it became known that the head Information center on sectarianism at the Cathedral of St. Alexandra Nevsky in Novosibirsk, Oleg Zaev published an article "For whom calls sectarian bell". In it, he accused the city leadership of participating in the "sectarian action of the followers of N.K. Roerich entitled "Day Earth". This event took place on April 22, when the Orthodox It was Holy Week. "Earth Day" was held under the patronage of city ​​administration for the third time.

On May 11, 2011, the Omsk Regional Court delivered a verdict in the case three local Nazi skinheads, 21-year-old A. Prokopets, 18-year-old Alexander Komarov and 17-year-old Ilya S. committing two murders, one of which was robbery in nature, and the second - racist. Young people were charged, A. Prokopts: p.p. "f, h" part 2 of article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder committed by a group of persons from mercenary motives); A. Komarov: p.p.

On May 3, 2011, the Skepticism magazine published a commentary by Irina Kusova, head of the development department of the Ryazan Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve (RIAMZ), on the situation with the transfer of real estate and museum exhibits to the diocese.