The following is our monthly review ofxenophobia and radical nationalism in Russian society and any responses fromthe Russian government in December 2011. The report is prepared based on SovaCenter’s daily monitoring activities. Though this report contains totals for theyear 2011 as a whole, we remind readers that our data is still being completed. At least five people were injured thisDecember in neo-Nazi or racist attacks.

December provided plenty of examples of both the illegal implementation of criminal laws, and improper bans on extremism grounds. Criminal Prosecution Russian courts made two convictions for membership in the radical Islamic organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, which in Sova’s view is the wrongful subject to a ban founded in alleged terrorist activities.