in an interview with Interfax Commenting on another desecration of a Jewish cemetery in St. Petersburg , Chief Rabbi of Russia (FEOR) Berl Lazar drew attention to the fact that acts of vandalism have become a regular occurrence and are turning into a nationwide problem. In this regard, he suggested creating a state system for the protection of cemeteries and using the possibilities of the education system to educate young people in the spirit of respect for burial places and monuments.

The initiative of the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory A. Tkachev on the construction of special centers for illegal migrants in the Krasnodar Territory is being implemented. It is planned to open tent camps in four cities: Tikhoretsk, Armavir, Temryuk and Krasnodar. Up to 100 people can live in the camp at the same time. One of these centers is being built near Krasnodar, in the Kopansky farm. The center will be completely ready for the new year.

On December 20, the International Information Group "Interfax" announced the opening of a new Internet portal "Religion" , which will host materials relating to various aspects of religious life in Russia and other countries. "Without coverage of the religious sphere, it is difficult to talk about creating a holistic and objective picture of the life of our society.

On October 6-7, Belgorod State University hosted the All-Russian Scientific Conference "Secular-Religious Interaction in a Changing Russia", organized with the participation of local branches of the Russian Association of Religious Researchers (ROIR) and the Russian Society of Sociologists (ROS).

On December 19, 2004, at about 9:15 pm in Moscow, on 1st Dubrovskaya Street, a group of young people attacked Dmitry Tarkeladze, a native of the Caucasus. According to initial information, the attackers surrounded D. Tarkeladze, shouted insults at him, after which a fight broke out, and four stab wounds were inflicted on the Caucasian, from which he died on the spot. Witnesses described the assailants as wearing short jackets and tight jeans.

The Union of Muslim Women of Tatarstan appealed to the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs and the administration of Kazan with a call to stop the activities of various firms distributing advertisements with offers of sexual services.

On December 20, in an interview with Interfax, Chief Rabbi of Russia (FEOR) Berl Lazar said that, in his opinion, "it is necessary to give a clear definition of what is considered a sect and what is a" traditional "religion, separating the wheat from the chaff, and then completely ban the activities of sects so that they can no longer conduct missionary work among the Russians." He also criticized the position of human rights organizations that oppose restrictions on religious life: “I don’t

In Moscow, at the Central House of Journalists, the winners of the competition "Journalists Against Ethnic and Religious Intolerance" were awarded, organized within the framework of the project "Counteracting "hate speech": the citizenship of Russian NGOs and the media" by the Social Information Agency and the Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights with the support of the European initiatives in the field of democracy and human rights.

The conflict continues, caused by the decision to transfer the Ipatiev Monastery complex to the Kostroma diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. The museum has still not received new premises in return. On December 16, 12 employees of the reserve went on a hunger strike.

Church of the Sign at st. Tverskaya 8 in St. Petersburg was transferred by the city authorities to the Neva Old Believer Pomeranian community, according to the Modern Ancient Orthodoxy website . On December 10, a solemn prayer service was held in the returned church to the Sign of the Most Holy Theotokos - the patronal feast of the church. Sources Kozhurins T. and D. The first prayer service in the returned church of the DPC on Tverskaya in St. Petersburg // Modern Old Orthodoxy. 2004.

In 2004, together with the regional police department in Dubna (Moscow region), the illegal activities of the Dubna group of skinheads of the nationalist organization "National Socialist Movement "Russian National Unity" (NSD RNE) "Combat-18", as well as the nationalist group "Brigada -88". This was stated by the head of the Department of the FSB of Russia in Moscow and the Moscow Region, Colonel-General Viktor Zakharov on December 20, 2004.

On December 16, in Kursk, at the Center for the Diagnosis of Mental Illnesses and the Prevention of Functional Disorders of the Regional Psychoneurological Dispensary, a conference "Interaction between clergy and medical workers of practical health care providing psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care" was held. The forum participants were welcomed by the chief psychiatrist of the Health Committee of the Kursk region, the head physician of the Regional Psychoneurological Dispensary V.G.