On November 18, 2004, within the framework of the TACIS project "Improvement of Interethnic Relations and Development of Tolerance in Russia", the first of a series of round tables "The Role of Mass Media in the Formation of Ethnic Stereotypes" was held at Stavropol State University.

On November 19, an agreement on cooperation was signed between the Stavropol Seminary and the Institute of Friendship of the Peoples of the Caucasus. The agreement provides for the construction of an Orthodox church on the territory of the Institute, the organization of a seminar for teachers under the program "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture". In addition, during the signing, it was decided to hold a conference on the problem of overcoming conflicts in the Caucasus.

On November 18, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tatarstan announced that Alisher Usmanov, a native of Uzbekistan, born in 1962, who was on the interstate wanted list on suspicion of involvement in extremist and terrorist activities, was detained in Kazan. According to investigators, A. Usmanov is one of the leaders of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization.

Protestant pastor Rafis Nabiullin, who lives in the city of Aznakayevo (Tatarstan), told the international agency Forum 18 that he is under pressure from the local FSB. According to R. Nabiullin, in October, during an "unofficial" visit to his home, one of the FSB officers said that the special service did not want the presence of this Protestant church in the city and intended to expel the pastor. Two days later, the owners of the apartment rented by R.

On November 17, an agreement on cooperation was signed between the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Russian Orthodox Church. Thus, the contract concluded by the parties several years ago has been extended.

On November 15, an agreement on cooperation was signed between the Tula State Pedagogical University and the Patriarchal Center for the Spiritual Development of Children and Youth of the Danilov Monastery. The agreement was signed by the Rector of TSPU N.A. Shaidenko and First Deputy Head of the Patriarchal Center Yu.S. Belanovsky.

On November 18, 2004, at the Trud stadium in Nizhny Novgorod, during a match of the Russian bandy championship, fans started a fight in the stands. As a result of the riots, police officers detained 15 people and took them to the police station. Comm.

On November 18, 2004, Novaya Gazeta published an article "Rogozin is all in brown", dedicated to the racist, xenophobic rhetoric of the State Duma deputies from the Motherland bloc Dmitry Rogozin and Andrey Savelyev. For greater clarity, the author of the article, Aleksey Khokhlov, cites not only quotations from the speeches of the deputies, but also excerpts from the program documents of the NSDAP corresponding to them: " D.