Prosecutors in the Levoberezhny district of Voronezh, Russia issued official warnings to school principals for violating anti-extremism legislation by not informing police that some of their students were neo-Nazis, according to a June 25, 2008 report by the Sova Information-Analytical Center. Twenty school principals were cited after four students from the district committed hate crimes murders in recent months. Voronezh officials may have been inspired by their colleagues in St. Petersburg, another city known for high levels of neo-Nazi violence, who issued similar warnings to principals last month. In reporting the story, Sova pointed out the oddity of prosecutors warning 20 principals in connection with the crimes of only four students.

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