2009

In the end of November 2009, the Russian Ministry of Justice has revised the Federal List of Extremist Materials. As a result, one of the items was removed from the list for the first time in more than two years of the list's history. Item 413, a leaflet against Krishnaists that was spread in Khabarovsk by the members of the pro-Kremlin Young Guard of United Russia (YGUR) party, is no longer extremist.

In July, 2009, the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis issued a new book in English under the title Xenophobia, Freedom of Conscience and Anti-Extremism in Russia in 2008: A collection of annual reports by the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis; [Verkhovsky Alexander, Kozhevnikova Galina, Sibireva Olga; translation - I. Savelieva, S. Rock] - М.: SOVA Center, 2009. - 140 pp.: tables (Academic publication).

On June 10, 2009, Russian Federation, at the 11th session of the UN Human Rights Council, finished its report on Universal Periodic Review. We publish a table with the UN recommendations and Russian responses concerning issues of racism, xenophobia and extremism.