The State Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia has amended the local tax law. The amendment provides for the exemption of religious associations from property tax. Earlier, Archbishop Varsonofy (Sudakov) of Saransk and Mordovia addressed the parliamentarians with a request, since, according to the amendments to the Tax Code adopted by the State Duma of the Russian Federation , only religious property was exempted from the tax.

Vladimir Putin drew attention to the problem of using nationalist rhetoric during the election campaign, which was repeatedly written about by various media. On December 18, during a "straight line" he was asked about the admissibility of using nationalist rhetoric (in particular, the slogan "Russia for the Russians!") in the election campaign. To this, V.

On December 18, in the Congress Hall of the Central Tourist House in Moscow, a presentation of the " Social Position of the Protestant Churches in Russia " was held, in which S. V. Ryakhovsky, Chairman of the Russian United Union of Christians of the Evangelical Faith, P. N. Okara, Chairman of the Union of Christians of the Evangelical Faith Pentecostals of Russia, Yu. K. Sipko, head of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christian Baptists, V. D.

Metropolitan of Omsk and Tara Theodosius (Protsyuk) spoke out against the construction of a multiplex cinema in the center of Omsk, where a cemetery was located before the revolution. The bishop also drew attention to the fact that the construction of a multiplex is planned in the neighborhood of the Assumption Cathedral and the diocesan administration.

The Department of External Islamic Relations of the Perm Muftiate of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia issued a statement regarding the distribution of materials about the discovery of weapons and ammunition in the security service of the Perm mosque. The statement says: "The Perm mosque, which is mentioned in the disseminated materials, has not had canonical and administrative relations with the Perm Muftiyat of the Central Spiritual Directorate of Russia since 1999.

portal, In an interview with the Religion and Mass Media Novye Izvestiya columnist Mikhail Pozdnyaev spoke about the publication's approach to covering religious life. According to him, "the newspaper's policy in presenting a religious theme is not to focus on any one confession." In addition, the publication prefers not "author's" journalism, but "informational and analytical." M.

On November 25, as part of the “ Christian Press of Russia ” conference, a round table “The Gospel in the Media. Who do Baptists vote for?” was held. The round table was held in the presence of 150 conference delegates. The following issues were considered: Religious factor in the media; Christian Media and Politics; secular media and the Christian electorate; The religious press has a right to exist.

Representatives of the international organization "Hizb-ut-Tahrir" were found in the Tyumen region. Searches were carried out in several cities and literature and Hizb-ut-Tahrir videocassettes were confiscated. A criminal case has been initiated against members of the cell. Reporting this at a press conference, the head of the regional department of the FSB of Russia for the Tyumen region, Alexander Vyatkin, noted that there were no prerequisites for terrorist attacks in the region.

On November 27, Novaya Gazeta published Igor Rotarev's article "The Yakut Roots", which, in particular, addresses the problem of using nationalist rhetoric in the struggle for power. The article reports that the anti-Russian and anti-Jewish "Yakutskaya Gazeta" began to appear in Yakutia. "The Jews are corrupting the people with their Jewish 'values'...

Head of the Museum named after. A. Sakharov Yu. Samodurov was summoned to the Moscow Prosecutor's Office. The summons sent to Samodurov contains a requirement to appear at the prosecutor's office to face charges.

On December 1, Novaya Gazeta published a remark by Evgenia Albats about A. Tsipko's article about "Jewish capital" in Russia. E. Albats points to the inadmissibility of such publications, as unequivocally inciting anti-Semitic sentiments in society. “The only thing encouraging is that everything in this appeal is sheer eclecticism, and if it appeared in the next pogrom sheet, it would not be worth talking about it.