On February 9, 2005, St. Petersburg prosecutor Sergei Zaitsev announced the arrest of five suspects in the murder of Vietnamese student Vu Anh Tuan . Soon, according to S. Zaitsev, five more people will be detained on suspicion of committing this crime. The prosecutor believes that the probability of solving the murder of a Vietnamese student is high, since law enforcement agencies have more "specific" details of what happened.

The Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan, Rashid Tusupbekov, sent a letter to the Prosecutor General of Russia, Vladimir Ustinov, with a request to consider the issue of bringing Vladimir Zhirinovsky to justice for inciting ethnic hatred and discord between the peoples of Russia and Kazakhstan, according to a press release issued on February 9, 2005 by the Prosecutor General's Office of Kazakhstan.

Museum of V.I. Chapaev in Cheboksary proposed a new excursion program. It includes magical love rites in which everyone who comes to the museum can participate. Museum staff reconstructed the rite of divination for brides and grooms, based on the romantic poem by V. Zhukovsky "Svetlana". About 5 excursions are held daily in the museum. Magical rites are especially popular among schoolchildren and young people.

On February 8, the court of Tobolsk began the preliminary consideration of the criminal case against members of Hizb ut-Tahrir. Five people are charged under Part 1 of Art. 205 approx. 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (involvement in the commission of crimes of a terrorist nature or other assistance in their commission), as well as parts 1 and 2 of Art. 282 approx.

In the Nizhny Novgorod region, a round table "Problems of teaching religious disciplines in educational institutions of the Nizhny Novgorod region" was held, which was attended by associate professors and professors of Nizhny Novgorod universities, teachers of the Nizhny Novgorod Institute for the Development of Education, teachers from city schools, parents, and journalists. It is noteworthy that representatives of confessions were not present at the round table.

In an interview with Interfax , the head of the Public Relations Department of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia, Mufti Mukhammedgali Khuzin, said that "not everything with this transition to monetization was thought through to the end" and called on officials "to think over issues as soon as possible, taking into account both urban and rural beneficiaries" .

On January 17, 2005, Vladimir Zhirinovsky spoke on the air of Ekho Moskvy with radio station observer Sergei Buntman.

On February 2, 2005, the Severny Dvinsk newspaper Severny Rabochiy published a gracious article about a "round table" of representatives of the right-wing radical nationalist opposition.

In an interview with Interfax , the head of the Department of Public Relations of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia, Mufti Muhammadgali Khuzin, approved the idea of ​​​​introducing the “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture” in schools, again voiced at the XIII Christmas Readings .

On February 8, 2005, the St. Petersburg prosecutor's office announced the extension until April of the investigation into the case of the murder of a Tajik girl, Khursheda Sultonova , committed a year ago. As St. Petersburg prosecutor Sergei Zaitsev told reporters, 14 people were involved in the crime, 4 people were detained on suspicion of participating in the attack, and 4 more are under travel ban. "Among them are persons who have been charged with murder ," Zaitsev said.

The literary department of the Kozelsky branch of the Kaluga Regional Museum of Local Lore was evicted from the St. John the Baptist skete of Optina Hermitage. The reason was the termination of the lease. According to the director of the branch, Nadezhda Semyonova, earlier museum exhibits were kept in Dostoevsky's house and in the Klyucharevsky building of the monastery.

From February 4 to February 6, 2005, the Social Information Agency conducted a survey of residents of St. Petersburg about their attitude to the anti-Semitic request of State Duma deputies (most likely, this refers to a letter to the Prosecutor General ). 500 people over 18 were interviewed. 51% of the respondents were rather or definitely against the request, 30% found it difficult to answer, 19% positively reacted to the initiative of the deputies, reports Jewsish.Ru.