In the period of January 1 to November 30, 2007, in Russia, there were no less than 546 people attacked, including 57 fatalities. These figures do not include underreported attacks on homeless people (in 2007, there have been 4 murders of the homeless people which the police considers or suspects to be perpetrated be the neo-nazis) and on LGBT people (only in May, on the day when the gay pride event was to take place, no less than 10 people were beaten by the neo-nazis).

Moscow (34 murdered and 180 injured), St. Petersburg (5 murdered and 92 injured) and Nizhny Novgorod (1 murdered and 36 injured) remain the major centers of racist violence.

The prosecution of the racist violence in 2007 has evidently slowed down. From January to November, 2007, there were no less than 19 court decisions in connection with racist and neo-nazi violence, including 9 convictions for murders and heavy bodily harm resulted in death of the victim, 9 convictions for lighter bodily harm and 1 for the attempted explosion of the train Grozny-Moscow in summer, 2005. In total, 48 people were convicted.

We have noticed a significant change in the attitude of the Moscow Prosecutor's Office about the process of racist crimes investigation. In 2006, in Moscow, there were 5 convictions, and 4 of them concerned high profile cases, such as Koptsev's attack on the synagogue, attack on Zaur Tutov, the minister of culture of Kabardino-Balkaria, etc. In 2007, there have been 4 verdicts and none of them concerned high profile crimes. Moreover, we got to know about 2 of these 4 crimes only when the verdicts had been issued. Besides, for the first time the Moscow Prosecutor's Office has recognized as such the organized neo-nazi raid, which took place on October 20, in Moscow. Perhaps, this indicates that the city Prosecutor's Office has changed its attitude towards the problem of neo-nazi violence.

There were no less than 23 verdicts against 25 people accused of spreading xenophobic and racist materials. In 2006, in the same period, there were 17 verdicts against 20 people.

Besides, the list of the officially prohibited for extremism materials includes 30 items of different sorts (songs, leaflets, pamphlets, books and one film).