On November 3, 2003, in the Bolshoy Gorod newspaper, the famous Orthodox publicist Deacon Andrei Kuraev expressed his attitude towards the plans for the construction of a Hare Krishna temple in Moscow. According to him, “this center is a natural payment for the status of Moscow as one of the world capitals. But Moscow is not London.

In 70% of schools in the Kursk region, children learn the basics of Orthodox culture. Such data were given on March 4 at a meeting of the public council at Kursk State University, the Pravoslavie.ru website reports (with reference to ITAR-TASS). The introduction of this subject, according to the head. KSU Department of Religious Studies Vladimir Menshikov, university teachers and priests of the local diocese contribute.

Alexander Dugin responded to the resignation of M. Kasyanov's cabinet with an article in Komsomolskaya Pravda dated March 1, 2004 entitled "Putin draws a line under compromise with the elites . " A.

On March 3, the executive secretary of the Interreligious Council of Russia, Roman Silantyev, again stated in an interview with Interfax that “the activities of Hare Krishnas on Russian territory raise many complaints from traditional religious organizations” and that the Council does not intend to support the construction of a Vedic center.

Mufti of Karelia Visam Ali Bardvil in a conversation with a correspondent of the information channel "Islam.Ru" drew attention to the fact that in the republic there are cases of manifestations of intolerance towards Muslims.

On February 29, the Union of Orthodox Brotherhoods issued a statement stating that the community of the Church of St. Nikola on Bersenevka may be liquidated in the near future due to refusal to enter the state register: "The Ministry of Taxes and Dues essentially delivered an ultimatum to the community: either accept the number or be liquidated.

In October 2003, the Union of Orthodox Citizens addressed the Mayor of Moscow with a statement in which he called for preventing the construction of a Hare Krishna temple in the capital.

On December 21, 2003, the Russian View program came out against the construction of a Hare Krishna center at Khodynskoye Pole.

According to Portal-Credo.ru , the Committee on Education of St. Petersburg began to receive appeals from Orthodox citizens demanding that their children be spared from the procedure for passing the unified state exam (USE), since it is associated with testing and encoding information.

On March 4, 2004, the Moscow Izmaylovsky Court convicted an underage teenager who had participated in the brutal beating of a native of Tajikistan. The court found him guilty of having attacked a citizen of Tajikistan who was passing by them in the campaign of "unidentified persons" and took part in a severe beating. The victim was kicked and beaten with a wooden club, and then inflicted seven stab wounds. As a result, the person died.

On November 3, in an interview with the Big City newspaper, the official representative of the Society for Krishna Consciousness, Igor Anikanov, commented on the situation around the construction of the Vedic center: “Contrary to rumors, we do not plan to build a Vedic center on the site of the Khodyn tragedy. It will be located closer to the CSKA sports complex. As for the Union of Orthodox Citizens ", then it does not reflect the opinion of all believers.

In November 2003, the inter-factional association "In Support of Traditional Spiritual and Moral Values ​​in Russia" opposed the construction of a Hare Krishna temple.

In Krasnoyarsk, the Church of the Three Hierarchs refused to be disconnected from electricity due to non-payment of debts. The amount of the debt is currently 140 thousand rubles. At the same time, in February 2004, the parish had already paid the debt in the amount of 76,000 rubles. The priest of the temple, Fr. Fedor is negotiating with Krasenergo to reduce the cost of electricity for the church from 1 p. 26 k. (this is the tariff for organizations) to 46 k.

On November 10, 2003, First Deputy Mayor of Moscow Vladimir Resin said live on Ekho Moskvy that churches of all religious denominations should be represented in the capital, because Moscow is a multinational and multi-confessional city. Another deputy mayor Mikhail Men denied information about the decision taken by the Moscow government to allocate a site for the construction of the Center for Vedic Culture on the Khodynka field.