On November 24, the Moscow City Duma adopted the law "On the banner of the city of Moscow." The coat of arms of the city will be depicted on the front side, the main element of which is the image of St. George the Victorious, striking a snake with a spear. On the reverse side there will be a medallion with a profile of Yuri Dolgoruky, as well as architectural symbols of Moscow - St. Basil's Cathedral and the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Sources The law on the banner of Moscow was adopted.

In the month of Ramadan, a group of young Muslims from several districts of the Astrakhan region visited Muslim villages, talking about duties in the holy month. In many villages, they were not allowed to see the inhabitants by local imams, who demanded a certificate from the head of the Religious Administration of Muslims of the Astrakhan region, Nazimbek Ilyasov, from those who came. Mufti N.

On November 16-18, Moscow hosted the first festival of Orthodox media "Faith and Word", which brought together participants from various Russian regions. The main issues discussed were commented on the pages of the "Church Herald" by its executive editor Sergei Chapnin , editor-in-chief of the journal "Foma" Vladimir Legoyda , chairman of the board of RIA "Novosti" Svetlana Mironyuk .

On November 23, at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), on the initiative of this institute, the Institute of World History (IVI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Church-Scientific Center "Orthodox Encyclopedia" with the participation of the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH) and the Progress and Culture Foundation, a conference was held "Religious Tolerance: Political and Historical Dimension".

On November 24, 2004, Nezavisimaya Gazeta published an extremely controversial article by Dmitry Agranovsky, "If only you don't like it!", dedicated to the problem of youth extremism. issued on November 22 The reason for writing the article was the guilty verdict to teenagers who killed a gypsy girl near St. Petersburg. The author believes that modern Russia is fertile ground for the emergence of political youth extremism.

On November 24, 2004, at a regular hearing in the Leninsky Federal Court of St. Petersburg in the case of the extremist group "Schultz-88", the term of detention of the leader of the group, Dmitry Bobrov, was extended. The court left him in custody until February 24 next year. The psychiatric examination recognized D. Bobrov as sane.

In the village of Barshamay, Kaitag District, Republic of Dagestan, early in the morning police surrounded the houses of residents who regularly visit the mosque.

November 23, 2004 on the portal "UralPolit.Ru" published the final part of the Internet conference of the Chairman of the State Duma Commission on Corruption Mikhail Grishankov ("United Russia"). In particular, one of the questions addressed the problem of the growth of extremist manifestations in Russia.

On November 24, 2004, was again an unsanctioned rally in support of the defendants from the Shultz-88 group held near the Leninsky Court of the Admiralteisky District of St. Petersburg . Skinheads gathered for an unsanctioned rally in front of the court building on the other side of the street and chanted slogans: "Freedom for Bobrov!", "Russia - Russian order!", "Dima - we are with you!" They painted the walls of one of the nearby houses.

According to the DIALOGUE Center for Interethnic Interaction, on November 14, 2004, in the town of Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region, a group of teenagers beat up a Russian citizen of Armenian origin. The victim was taken to the regional clinical hospital named after N.A. Semashko with a contusion of the eyeball complicated by a hematoma. A group of young people from 15 to 20 people aged 12-18 surrounded citizen S. and began to beat him, shouting "Blacks, go home!".