On July 21, Vlast magazine published the results of a check by journalists of the vigilance of the capital's special services and security companies.

On July 20, in Kamchatka, 380 border service recruits - 90% of the soldiers from the training center of the North-Eastern Regional Directorate - took the oath "in accordance with the canons of the Russian Orthodox Church." Major General Mikhail Mikhalchev, deputy head of the SVRU, said that the main thing "for taking an oath on the Cross and the Gospel" is the principle of voluntariness.

On July 9, Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov proposed the creation of a state body to "regulate the flow of information": "This body would be engaged in state regulation. Recently, information with a negative connotation has been given on federal channels, including television and radio," and meanwhile, "interesting and positive events are taking place in many regions of Russia, a lot of good things are happening, but this does not find coverage ...

In July, publications appeared devoted to the legal justification for the refusal of Orthodox legal entities from the TIN. Thus, in particular, the text of the letter No. 1005 p-PZ of February 18, 2003, issued by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin, was published, in which, with reference to the order of the President of the Russian Federation No.

Closely connected with the issue of "censorship of bad news" is the issue of "moral censorship" in the media and on movie screens, which was raised by the "People's Party". In July, on the initiative of Valery Galchenko, a "round table" was organized dedicated to the problems of national cinema in Russia, where issues of quotas for imported cinematographic production were discussed.

On July 18, a statement was published by the Orthodox Brotherhood of Alexander Nevsky in Novosibirsk about the activities of the religious organization Ayat.

On July 20, Moscow followers of the Falun Gong movement held a protest rally outside the Chinese Embassy. According to Ivan Shkodyuk, chairman of the Falun Dafa Center for Spiritual and Physical Excellence, which represents the movement in Russia, the rally was timed to coincide with the next anniversary of the factual ban on the Falun Gong movement in China and the beginning of active repression against its supporters. I.