The regional public organization "Human Rights Information" distributed a press release from the All-Russian Public Movement "For Human Rights" with an assessment of the DECR statement "Faith and shrines are the most precious thing a true Christian has." According to human rights activists, the authors of this statement demonstrate "poor knowledge of the law." This conclusion of human rights activists was led by the assertion that the use of images of Christ and saints in an "inappropriate

Islam.ru filed a cassation complaint with the civil division of the Moscow City Court against the decision of the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow dated November 17, 2003, which dismissed the lawsuit filed against the Izvestia newspaper for publishing articles by O. Osetinsky and A. Gafurov, insulting the honor and dignity of Muslims.

On March 17, 2004, suspects in the murder of an African student , citizen of Guinea-Bissau Amar Lima, were detained. They turned out to be a second-year law college student Vladimir Kakushin and two loaders from Metalloprofil OJSC, Roman Lednev and Evgeny Shishlov.

At the beginning of 2004, in Krasnodar, near the Kuban stadium, teenagers killed three homeless people. In two months, hooligans killed three homeless people, among them was a woman. Two elderly homeless teenagers were lured out of the manhole. One had broken legs and could not run away. The second managed to escape, he called for help until a guard came out of the office building. On March 16, the killers were arrested.

Kredo.ru, citing Blagovest-info, reported on the reaction of the chairman of the Russian United Union of Evangelical Christians, Bishop Sergei Ryakhovsky, to the recent speech of Metropolitan Kirill (Gundyaev) of Smolensk and Kaliningrad on the Rossiya TV channel. The head of the Department for External Church Relations stated at the time that there would be no "imported confessions" in the newly created Interfaith Council of the CIS countries. S.

Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia Ravil Gainutdin published the book "Elections in Russia and the Choice of Muslims" based on the sociological study "Electoral Preferences of Russian Muslims" conducted by the Department of Strategic and Sociological Programs for the Development of State-Islamic Relations of the Council of Muftis. According to the author, this book can serve as a basis for developing a long-term concept of the state's strategy in relation to the Russian Ummah.

In Voskresensk, near Moscow, by the decision of the district administration, the cleric of the St. John Chrysostom Church, Hieromonk Sergiy (Svetlov), was included in the commission for minors and the protection of their rights.

On March 15-16, a conference "The Social Teaching of Orthodoxy in Modern Society" was held in Moscow, organized by the Foundation. Konrad Adenauer with the participation of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Synodal Theological Commission and the Orthodox Encyclopedia Center. The conference was attended by employees of the Foundation.

In accordance with the decision to transfer objects of historical and cultural heritage of the Tyumen region to religious organizations by June 2004, the transfer of almost all buildings was completed by March. Sedmitsa.ru, citing Regions.ru, reports that all churches, except for the Spassky Cathedral, have been transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church, three buildings have been transferred to Catholics, one to Jews, and all available to Muslims.

On March 17, the Moscow Regional Duma decided to exempt religious organizations in the region from property tax until January 2005.

According to the press service of the government of Tuva, 45 religious organizations are registered in the republic, among them Christian, 17 Buddhist, 7 shamanic and 1 Old Believer societies and 20 organizations of the NRM. Sources There are 3 Christian, 17 Buddhist, 7 shamanic and 1 Old Believer societies registered in Tuva, as well as 20 religious sects // Tuva-online. 2004. March 16.

On March 16, 2004, teenagers who killed three homeless people were detained in Krasnodar . The homeless themselves helped the prosecutor's office of the Central District to find the criminals. The surviving homeless man named the names of all five teenagers who lived in the same microdistrict. Detainees from 14 to 17 years old. The collective idea of ​​these teenagers was to kill the homeless, but during interrogations they cannot substantiate the motivation for the murders.

The regional department of the Federal Drug Control Service and the Yaroslavl diocese signed an agreement on mutual cooperation. The clergy of the diocese will participate in drug prevention and rehabilitation activities for drug addicts. It is planned to create an Orthodox rehabilitation center. One of the first joint activities in this area will be the establishment of a telephone hotline for drug addicts.

A cooperation agreement was signed between the Stavropol Krai Consumer Union and the Stavropol Diocese. The agreement, which, according to Stavropolskaya Pravda , provides for "coordination of joint actions in the sphere of the revival of moral and spiritual values, Orthodox traditions, and the fight against poverty and social vices in the countryside," will remain in effect until the end of 2006.

Prime Minister of Tuva Sherig-ool Oorzhak held a meeting on the interaction between the government and religious organizations. During the meeting, violations of the statutory activities were noted as a result of an inspection by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of the Kamba Lama administration: the administration lacks minutes of meetings and documents regulating its activities.