Speaking on January 19 at the plenum of the Central Spiritual Muslim Board of Russia, which was attended by about 30 muftis from different regions of the country, the head of the department, Talgat Tadzhuddin, said that he refuses to publicly criticize the Council of Muftis of Russia and its head, Mufti Ravil Gainutdin. "From now on, we will not participate in squabbles - we will work, mind our own business. It is enough for Muslim leaders to quarrel and pour dirt on each other," T.

On January 14, Izvestiya published an article by Yuri Bogomolov, in which he again turned to the topic of the presence of a new convocation of nationalist-minded factions in the State Duma.

In the anonymous article "Russian Power entre chien et loup, or Twilight of Church-State Relations", published on January 16 on "Portal-Credo.ru" under the heading "Comment of the day", the authors discuss desirable and undesirable, from their point of view, prospects relations between the state and the Russian Orthodox Church.

On January 15, 40 pilgrims from Karachay-Cherkessia went on a hajj to Mecca and Medina. Half of the cost of the journey was paid for from the funds allocated by the President of the Republic, Mustafa Batdyev. Sources 40 pilgrims from Karachay-Cherkessia went on a hajj // Interfax-South. 204. January 16

On January 14, 2004, a discussion of the problem of children's reading took place at the Ministry of Education. In the discussion, in particular, the problems of modern children's literature were discussed. For this purpose, children's writers were invited to the ministry, according to Novye Izvestiya (NI) estimates - seven.

By order of Vorkuta Mayor Igor Shpektor, the working day from Monday, January 19, was moved to January 17. Thus, the Orthodox feast of Epiphany was declared a non-working day in the city. According to the Komiinform agency , the administration explained this step by the growing popularity of the holiday among Vorkuta residents. Sources Antipina E. The Orthodox feast of Epiphany is declared a non-working day in Vorkuta // Komiinform. 2004. January 16.

According to the Lenta.Ru agency, the former general director of the National Strategy Council, Stanislav Belkovsky, has prepared another report, this time called "The Tragedy of Vladimir Putin", in which he informs the public about the true motives for the arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, which became known to him, Stanislav Belkovsky. According to Mr. Belkovsky, during his 2003 trip to the United States, Mikhail Khodorkovsky told George W.

The prosecutor's office of Kabardino-Balkaria filed a lawsuit to recognize the book "Through the Prism of Islam" distributed in the republic as extremist literature that promotes the ideas of Wahhabism. The author of a privately published book in Nalchik is a certain Abd al-Hadi ibn Ali. The prosecutor's office accuses him and the distributors of the publication of inciting religious hatred.

On January 16, the Duma elected the leaders of 29 committees. All of them are from United Russia. Contrary to the protests of the SPG, the Women's Affairs Committee was headed by E. Lakhova.

In response to our review of S. Lopatnikov's article in Moskovsky Komsomolets, the author left an indignant note in our state book: * "I would like to make a few remarks regarding the commentary on my interview in MK." The author of the comment either does not understand well what liberalism is, or does not understand economics and politics. Perhaps this is news to the author, but liberalism is significantly different from idiocy, although both end in "ism".

On December 17, "Literaturnaya Gazeta" on the thematic page devoted to the issue of "natural rent" placed, in particular, a letter categorically pointing out the need for " CRIMINAL rethinking of the results of privatization" [highlighted in the text - ed. ].

On January 15, 2004, A. Kirsanov responded to an article by a certain A.V. dated December 25, 2003 "Russia - not for Russians?" He supported A.V. in his indignation at V.V. Putin, who called “provocateurs and idiots” those who support the slogan “Russia for the Russians” . A.

In an interview with the correspondent of the portal "Religion and Mass Media", the chairman of the executive committee of the KEROOR, Zinovy ​​Kogan, expressed concern about the reduction in the size of the Jewish community in Russia. According to him, “at the moment, the religious community in Russia includes no more than 1-2% of the Jews living here. they accept only Jews according to Halakha into their midst.

In No. 1 of "Expert" for 2004, with a kind of manifesto for a new right-wing party in Russia, the need for which is actively discussed after the failure of the SPS and Yabloko in the parliamentary elections.