The court recognized the actions of the investigators in the criminal case of Leonid Nevzlin as legal and rejected the complaint of the lawyer who asked to oblige employees of the Prosecutor General's Office to familiarize him with the protocols on extending the investigation into the murder case (in July 2004, the Prosecutor General's Office charged Nevzlin with organizing murders and attempted murders).

The task of the military chaplain is, in particular, to counteract “sects.” However, there is no agreement among experts on what a “sect” is. Russian legislation does not establish such a concept, nor does it establish a division between “traditional” and “non-traditional” religions. At the same time, one of the paragraphs of the bill reads: “Military chaplains cannot be entrusted with performing functions that are contrary to current legislation...”.

The signing ceremony of the agreement, or Anti-Fascist Pact, took place on Monday on Poklonnaya Hill. The leaders of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and Rodina did not participate in the ceremony. Yabloko also abstained. But 10 other major parties in Russia signed the pact. Its goal is to remove preachers of hatred from political and public life. Thanks to the availability of television and the Internet, it is much easier today to spread extremist ideas.

"Besides Beria ... we have not used any repression for almost three years." In these words from the memoirs of Anastas Mikoyan either a prayer or hope - a break would last, there is no more strength to kill each other, to live in anticipation of denunciation, arrest, torture, and executions.

Trinity Church began to sag back in the 80s. And in May last year, a collapse occurred in the nearby caves: the earth collapsed in a side tunnel not far from the pilgrim routes. The Viceroy of the Lavra, Archbishop Pavel, is convinced that the collapse occurred due to shooting ranges during the celebration of the 60th anniversary of Victory Day. In addition, one of the water reservoirs in the Pechersk region, built back in the 50s, burst.

From February 21, 2006, the Consular Section of the Russian Embassy in Georgia stops issuing visas for Georgian citizens, except in cases of a humanitarian nature.

A Sharia court in the city of Lucknow in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh sentenced a Danish cartoonist to death for insulting the Prophet Muhammad. The decision comes days after the state's Hajj and Religious Minorities Minister announced an $11.5 million bounty on the cartoonist's head. And the other day a massive protest march took place in Lucknow demanding an end to contacts with Denmark and the cancellation of the visit of US President George W.

Around Russia Target substitution February 21, 2006 Alexander Golts As a matter of fact, if there is a sensation in this story, so only that no sensation happened. Negotiations with the Iranians regarding their nuclear program, which were held yesterday in Moscow, did not bring any result. The only positive is the hints of the Midovites that negotiations can be continued at the level of experts. Translated from diplomatic, negotiations returned to the initial stage.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour will arrive in Chechnya on Tuesday. Then she intends to travel to North Ossetia and visit Beslan. The visit to Russia will end with a trip to St. Petersburg, and then Moscow, where a meeting with the Russian President will take place.

Sergei Ivanov decided to protect Russian officers. At the initiative of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, a directive was issued according to which commanders who promptly report the crimes of their subordinates will not be held accountable for these crimes.