By a decree of the head of the administration of Kamensk-Uralsky, Sverdlovsk Region, who heads the city military conscription commission, the rector of the church in honor of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in the village of Volkovo in the city of Kamensk-Uralsky, priest Evgeny Taushkanov, was included in the commission. The appointment was agreed upon by the military commissar of the Krasnogorsk district military registration and enlistment office, Colonel E.P. Kudinov.

On February 26, one of the readers of Izvestia reported another manifestation of love for "Putin. Lev Ingel was outraged that the envelope depicted a train and commented:" The railway complex has historically been of particular strategic importance for Russia. V. Putin" . Moreover, the signature is in bold red type. “Of course,” writes L. Ingel, “in a democratic country, the authorities cannot prohibit enthusiasts from endlessly replicating images and statements of their idol.

In February 2004, Korean students were beaten up in Omsk. According to OmGUPS professor Vladimir Shakhov, they "returned to the hostel after midnight from a concert in the Irtysh Sports and Concert Hall, and they were beaten by hooligans from a vocational school" . According to the professor, the leadership of the OmGUPS did not ensure proper control over the safety of students. The students escaped with bruises. A criminal case was initiated under Art.

According to Mikhail Baikov, head of the Passport and Visa Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Mordovia, 276 residents of the republic refuse to accept a new passport for religious reasons, believing that the document contains "satanic" symbols. "Explanatory work is being carried out with such people," M. Baikov said.

On February 26-27, the Assembly of Public Forces for Combating Xenophobia, Extremism and Terrorism was held in Moscow. Noting the growth of nationalism and xenophobia in Russian society in recent years, human rights activists believe that the state also contributes to this to a large extent. A considerable share of the responsibility for this lies with the journalists.

On February 27, 2004, a meeting was held in St. Petersburg between the Deputy Head of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Vladislav Piotrovsky, and the Acting Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia, Rashid Nurgaliyev. V. Piotrovsky presented a report on the results of the work of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate to suppress the activities of extremist youth groups. According to V.

On February 26, a branch of the Eurasian branch of the International Association for Religious Freedom (MARS) was established in Nizhny Novgorod. Among the participants of the founding meeting were representatives of the Old Believers, Islam, Judaism, Evangelical Baptist Christians, Seventh Day Adventist Christians, Evangelical Christians, Beit El Messianic Community, Buddhists, members of the Nizhny Novgorod Society for Human Rights.

On February 24, 2004, Novye Izvestia published a report on the All-Russian Interdepartmental Scientific and Practical Conference "Constitutional Protection of Citizens' Rights from Criminal Encroachments by the Norms of Criminal Procedure Legislation." Speaking at the meeting, the head of the Main Directorate of the Criminal Investigation Vladimir Gordienko strongly recommended returning to the practice of detaining suspects without charge for 14 days (now 48 hours), and also expressed

On February 25, 2004, Literaturnaya Gazeta published Vladimir Polyakov's review of one of the latest editions of the Freedom of Speech program dedicated to the problem of terrorism in Russia. The reviewer notes Dmitry Rogozin's incorrect statements about the Chechens: "Deputy Chairman of the State Duma D.

On February 25, with an article (in fact, an authorized summary of an interview given literally the day before to the Rossiya newspaper) by Mikhail Leontyev, The Union of the Sword and Plowshare, Izvestia opened a discussion on the topic "Is the slogan "Russia without Putin!" Capable of uniting the opposition. M.Leontiev believes that yes, he is capable.

On February 20, a flag with a stylized image of the Savior Not Made by Hands was raised over the building of the Penza Regional Administration. The deputies of the local Legislative Assembly adopted the law on symbols in November 2002, and from that moment on, the flag was approved by the State Heraldic Council under the President of Russia. The initiative of the parliamentarians was approved by the Orthodox and Protestants, but caused outrage among Muslims .

During a press conference on February 26, Mikhail Men, deputy mayor in the Moscow government, said that in the near future an elective in the history of religions could be introduced into the curriculum of Moscow secondary schools. This subject, according to M. Men, can only be taught as an elective and should introduce children to the history of all the "traditional" confessions of the country, and not just one.

According to the Slavic Legal Center , "on the night of February 25-26, an arson was committed on the prayer house of the church of Christians of the Evangelical Pentecostal faith in the city of Podolsk, Moscow areas. According to eyewitnesses, at about one in the morning, several young people left a ladder and two Molotov cocktails near the wall of the house. Then the mixture was poured over the walls, windows and the entrance to the building and set on fire.

The website " United Fatherland " representatives of the Union of Orthodox Citizens express concern that a number of problems existing in church-state relations can influence the decision of Orthodox voters in the upcoming March 14 presidential elections. The authors of the article are concerned, firstly, by "the deterioration of the legal status of the Church and other traditional denominations as a result of the adoption of the Land and Tax Codes ".

On February 26, 2004, Izvestiya published an article by Maxim Sokolov, "Happiness without foreigners," emotionally condemning the use of the slogan "Russia for Russians" in any form : that the slogan "Russia is for Russians" should be understood not in a racial, but in a cultural sense, does not withstand a collision with cleansing practices.In theory, even if I am a Negro of advanced years, if I perceive Russia as my native country and honor Russian culture, language and customs, then I am