On March 13, 2004, Izvestia published an article about the activation of neo-fascist groups in Izhevsk. The problems noted by the author of the article Olga Timofeeva are traditional: the passivity of law enforcement agencies, the indifference or support of local residents, etc. In particular, the article also discusses the organization of neo-fascist propaganda in Udmurtia. These are "Our People's Observer" newspaper (the central press organ of the Freedom Party) and leaflets.

In the spring of 2004, after an attack on a Kenyan citizen in Krasnodar, the Kenyan embassy sent a note of protest to the Foreign Ministry. In it, the Kenyans expressed dissatisfaction with what is happening. Retaliatory measures were demanded from the authorities. Sources Extreme study for foreigners // New television of Kuban. October 27, 2004

On the eve of the presidential elections in St. Petersburg, a poster imitating the campaign materials of the Russian Central Election Commission was distributed, which we reproduce on our website. The poster has no imprint. Neither its customer nor the circulation is known. As Antoine Arakelyan, coordinator of the European Commission's project "Human Rights in the Regions of Russia" for St.

On March 11, 2004, in front of the Zaoksky regional department, the Armenian community staged a rally demanding that the murderer of Shavash Vansyan be punished . There were rumors that Shavash Vansyan died of a heart attack, and the killer would be released. On March 14, 2004, an examination showed that the cause of death was a traumatic brain injury. Sources Eliseeva S. Skinhead beat an old man to death in Zaoksk? // KP-Tula. 2004. March 15

In the spring of 2004, two students from Kenya were beaten up in Krasnodar. This fact became known from an article about the detention of a group of skinheads in Krasnodar. Skins who beat up foreign students were arrested in Krasnodar//Kuban.info. 2004. June 15

On March 13 , the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper reported that the leadership of the GUIN was going to issue a special instruction - or, more precisely, a manual - for the administrations of prisons and colonies, on interaction with clergy. This manual, the newspaper writes, "scientific and philosophical articles of famous church leaders, doctors, psychologists, employees of the penitentiary institution, their recommendations and proposals.

In March 2004 in Krasnodar, at the corner of Long and Krasnaya streets, near the telephone booth, a group of young men in camouflage, with iron chains and bottles, was beaten up by a Kenyan citizen Jacqueline Lungakhi. The student was hospitalized with a concussion. The Embassy of Kenya sent a note of protest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . Two of the attackers were detained and convicted .

On March 10, 2004, a young man was detained in Zaoksk hot on the heels of killing war veteran Shavash Vansyan , an ethnic Armenian. When arrested, he resisted. In the police, Nikolai renounced belonging to the "skinheads". "- The detainee will remain in the temporary detention center, we are going to issue an arrest and formally charge him," - said the prosecutor of the Zaoksky district Stepan Teterlev. Sources Eliseeva S. Skinhead beat an old man to death in Zaoksk? // KP-Tula. 2004.

On the pages of Tserkovny Vestnik , the well-known Orthodox journalist Sergei Chapnin discusses the significance of the religious factor during the elections to the State Duma in the fall of 2003. And this issue should not be confused with the issue of the participation of religious organizations in the electoral process.” From this point of view, notes S.

On February 28, 2004, Izvestia published an interview with Professor Anatoly Kozlov, Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Head of the Laboratory for Youth Problems at the Research Institute for Comprehensive Social Research at St. Petersburg State University.

reports with reference to "Interfax" that The "Caucasian Knot" recently in Ingushetia, the kidnapping of a bride more and more often turns into serious conflicts rather than the consent of the relatives of the kidnapped woman. In this regard, imams throughout the republic have been instructed to read sermons in mosques on the subject of bride kidnapping.

On March 10, 2004, a skinhead killed 79-year-old war veteran Shavash Vansyan, an ethnic Armenian, in Zaoksk. With a cry: "Open up, chock! I'm a skinhead. On April 22, we'll kill you for fuck .. all of you!" , - he broke the gate and knocked the old man down with a blow to the face. The cause of Sh. Vansyan's death was a traumatic brain injury. The killer was caught in hot pursuit. The Armenian community held a rally demanding that the killer of Shavash Vansyan be punished.

portal reports Chelyabinsk Governor Pyotr Sumin signed a decree on the allocation of 40 million rubles for the restoration of mosques and Orthodox churches in the region, the Islam-info with reference to the Novy Region news agency. 30 million will go to the restoration of the Magnitogorsk Church of the Ascension of the Lord, which was recently badly damaged by fire. 10 million were allocated for the restoration and maintenance of mosques - monuments of history and culture.

Suspects arrested in the murder of a Syrian student . On March 15, 2004, a 20-year-old disabled person of the 2nd group came to the police with a confession and confessed that he had hit a Syrian several times. He was soon released. In the course of further investigation, another suspect was detained, who is the defendant in this criminal case. A criminal case was initiated under article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder).

On March 15, Nezavisimaya Gazeta published an article stating that a "campaign to return to the Russian Orthodox Church its former property" was unfolding in Saratov. Mayor Yury Aksenenko signed a decree on the transfer of the building of the former church consistory, now occupied by the regional Folk Art Center, to the diocese.