The initiative group of the United Old Believer Movement for Civil Rights issued an appeal to representatives of state authorities and "to all citizens of our Fatherland responsible for making decisions on issues of the relationship between confessions and the state." The authors of the appeal are concerned about the possibility of broadcasting the third television channel of the Russian Orthodox Church, the presence of officials at the official events of the Russian Orthodox Church and the

Mufti of Dagestan, theologians and Muslim believers of the republic issued a statement that will be sent to V. Putin and Chairman of the State Council of Dagestan M. Magomedov. The statement contains a request to pay attention to the "widespread attack on Islam", the "deterioration of the moral situation" and against this background the "growth of extremism in the republic." The statement was adopted as a result of a protest action, which was attended by more than 5,000 people.

On February 7, 2005, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper "For Russkoe Delo" Roman Perin was summoned to the prosecutor's office of St. Petersburg (by 15:00, February 8) by assistant prosecutor Denis Ozhindovsky regarding the reprint in N 2 (122) of the newspaper "Letters of Five Hundred" , published in the newspaper "Rus Pravoslavnaya". NDPR website. 2005. February 7.

*This review is an attempt to preliminary analyze the problem and establish factual data about the repressions that have begun, accompanied by gross violations of civil rights. The document presents information currently available to human rights organizations. In a number of cases, it requires clarification - especially the information given in media publications and based on "sensational" statements by officials made at the initial stage of the investigation.

The St. Petersburg prosecutor's office has again initiated a criminal case against the newspaper Nashe Otechestvo for inciting ethnic hatred. Obviously, after the statement of November 25, 2004 on the initiation of a criminal case on the publication of a number of materials in the newspaper Nashe Otechestvo , the case was suspended, but there was no information about this. On February 8, 2005, the IBHR received an official letter signed by acting.

In Yaroslavl, the missionary center "Bell", created at the church in honor of the Presentation of the Lord, begins its work. The staff of the center will advise city residents on the activities of new religious organizations and provide assistance to those who need rehabilitation after visiting "sects". There is a hotline in the center.