The State Duma condemned the deputies - the authors of the anti-Semitic letter to the prosecutor's office. The statement of the State Duma, in particular, says: "There should be no place in Russia for anti-Semitism, national and religious hatred. Any actions that incite national and religious hatred and intolerance must be stopped immediately." See the full text of the statement on the Nationalism and Xenophobia website .

On February 3, the Committee on Economic Policy, Property, Investments and Urban Planning of the Ryazan City Council considered the issue of not applying a multiplying coefficient for land lease in relation to the Ryazan diocese, which violated the terms for the construction of the Lazarev Church. Temporary rules for land use in Ryazan provide for an increase in the rental rate in case of violation of construction deadlines.

On February 4, 2005, the State Duma adopted the text of a statement condemning the position of the deputies who sent a request to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation demanding to investigate the activities of Jewish religious organizations. "The very fact of the appearance of such appeals cannot but disturb the State Duma ," the parliament said in a statement.

In an interview with NG-Religions , Metropolitan Andrian (Chetvergov) outlined his point of view on the monetization of benefits.

On February 4, 2005, on the website of the Rus Pravoslavnaya newspaper, an appeal appeared to readers "... to support the attempt of the Russian public to curb Christ-haters and Russophobes" and send the same letter of application as "Letter 500" with his signature to the Prosecutor General's Office. The text of the so-called "Letter 500", signed by 20 deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, ultra-patriotic writers and public figures, will be invited to the appeal.

to the Prosecutor General's Office, took part in the NTV program "To the Barrier" .

In an interview with NG-Religions, Metropolitan Andrian (Chetvergov) spoke about the relationship between the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church and the Russian Orthodox Church. According to Metropolitan Andrian, contacts between Old Believer parishes and parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate are rare in the Russian regions. Intermediaries between the parishes of the two jurisdictions are usually representatives of the secular authorities.