On October 25, 2004, Nezavisimaya Gazeta published the opinions of a number of public figures regarding the surge of xenophobia in Russian society. An exception to the opinions expressed was the position of State Duma deputy from the LDPR Alexei Mitrofanov, who once again voiced the party’s position in relation to migrants. It is significant that at the same time A.

On October 5 and 7, on the eve of the planned concert of B. Moiseev, the Ulyanovsk Orthodox community held protest rallies. The action was supported by the local Cossacks. Invitations to support the rally were posted in all Orthodox churches in the city.

In 2005, budget financing of the Church-on-the-Blood, transferred on October 20 to the gratuitous use of the Yekaterinburg diocese, will be increased 3 times. This decision was taken by the regional council. It is planned to allocate 6 million rubles for the maintenance of the temple. In 2004, the region allocated 2 million rubles to the temple.

On October 26, 2004, representatives of sixty nationalities living in Moscow held a working meeting and discussed the draft program "Multinational Moscow: Creating an Atmosphere of Interethnic Solidarity, a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence in the Metropolitan Metropolis for 2005-2007". The preparation of the project is carried out by the Interethnic Advisory Council (ISS) under the Government of Moscow. Its chairman is Vice Mayor Valery Shantsev.

About 40 graves were desecrated at the Christmas cemetery in Veliky Novgorod. This was discovered by the operational-investigative group of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Novgorod region, arriving at the cemetery on the call of one of the residents of the city, who reported damage to two graves of his relatives.

On October 21-22, 2004, Rostov-on-Don hosted a training seminar on the theme "Interaction of national associations with authorities". The seminar was organized by the Center for Interethnic Cooperation (Moscow). The seminar was attended by leaders of national public associations and representatives of authorities of ten constituent entities of the Russian Federation: Rostov, Astrakhan, Volgograd, Perm, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod and Sverdlovsk regions, Krasnodar and Stavropol territories.

The Supreme Court of the Kirov Region obliged deputies of the Regional Legislative Assembly to exclude from the regional law "On Administrative Responsibility" an article that provides for a fine of 5-10 times the minimum wage for imposing religious beliefs. The court found in this provision a violation of the constitutional norm on freedom of religion. Article 3.11 "On pestering citizens with the aim of imposing religious beliefs" was introduced into the law in July 2003 .

On October 27, deputies of the Moscow City Duma turned to M. Fradkov and B. Gryzlov with a proposal to adopt a law on traditional healers. The author of the appeal, V. Prisyazhnyuk, believes that "state control should be established over the activities of magicians, sorcerers and healers." The deputies of the Moscow City Duma expressed concern about the "increase in the number of people affected by unskilled medical care provided to them by traditional healers." For this reason, V.

On October 14, 2004, the prosecutor's office of the Samara region began an investigation at the request of members of the Samara regional branch of the Russian Democratic Party "Yabloko" Ermolenko I.Yu., Astashkin A.I., Batishchev S.V. and others, to initiate a criminal case against Kitter O. under Article 282 (inciting national hatred).” Previously, Oleg Kitter was already charged under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Judge A.

In Penza, another attempt was made by skinheads to organize a pogrom in the synagogue. On October 17, 2004, several aggressive skinheads entered the synagogue building, but were stopped by a watchman and several parishioners. After some time, the skinheads returned with reinforcements. About 40 young people armed with chains and metal clubs approached the synagogue building. Those in the synagogue had to close the doors and call the police.

On October 25, 2004, in connection with a sharp intensification of extremist manifestations and a statement about the fight against manifestations of xenophobia by President V. Putin, Nezavisimaya Gazeta published a selection of opinions of Russian public figures on the growth of ethno-nationalism in Russia.

As previously announced , ten Moscow schools began teaching the "History of Religions". Mikhail Men, deputy mayor in the Moscow government, said that if the experiment is successful, the subject will be introduced in all schools in the capital.

On October 19, 2004, the website "Islam in Nizhny Novgorod" published a statement in which it accused the newspaper "New News" of inciting religious hatred for publishing an article by Sergei Anisimov "Nizhny Novgorod Muslim women were allowed not to wear a hijab" dated October 14 and the website "Islam.Ru" for commenting on this article. For more details, see the "Religion in a Secular Society" section of our website. Sources Anisimov Sergey.

The governor of the Krasnodar Territory, A. Tkachev, initiated the creation in the Kuban of centers for the temporary accommodation of illegal migrants. This initiative was supported by the Prosecutor of the Krasnodar Territory Vladimir Eremin. According to Tkachev, the filtration centers will contribute to the speedy deportation of illegal immigrants. In order to save budgetary funds, temporary centers will not be capital, but tented. Each camp is designed for one and a half hundred people.

On October 25, at a meeting of the district council for the implementation of state policy in the field of freedom of conscience and religious associations, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Urals Federal District Petr Latyshev called on the leaders of religious organizations to help the state comply with immigration laws and cooperate on security issues. P.