On February 4, 2005, the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow extended the term of detention for four, and on February 15, for the remaining 35 arrested activists of the National Bolshevik Party who participated in a protest action in the reception room of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation on December 14, 2004.

On February 14, the international agency Forum 18 published a report on the situation with respect for freedom of conscience in our country. According to the report's author, J. Fagan, "policy fluctuations in the field of freedom of conscience remain a hallmark of Russia." As the only unifying trend that manifests itself at the federal level and, accordingly, as in a mirror, is often reflected at the regional level, J.

The Union of Orthodox Citizens is outraged by the opening in Yekaterinburg of the exhibition "Angels of Vice", brought from St. Petersburg.

On February 11, it became known that in Krasnoyarsk, at the dormitory entrance, a student of an agricultural university, a Buryat, was stabbed by his friend, an 18-year-old employee of the Siberian Project company, with whom he had drunk beer shortly before. A quarrel arose between the young people, during which the victim was insulted on ethnic grounds, then a fight ensued.

On February 16, 2005, in Khimki, a group of skinheads beat up two natives of Uzbekistan. A passer-by, seeing a fight, called the police, but the attackers managed to escape. One of the beaten was hospitalized with injuries, the second (Abdrakhmanov) died from his wounds. The same group was involved in attacks on natives of Korea in February and Uzbekistan in January 2005. The attackers were arrested in February 2005.

continues The discussion of V. Solovyov's program "Towards the Barrier", in which A. Makashov took part, . On February 14, 2005, the portal "Human Rights in Russia" published an open letter from Russian human rights activists to journalist Vladimir Solovyov, which condemned the provision of air to Makashov in the program "To the Barrier" and "the opportunity to openly incite ethnic hatred .

On February 13, 2005, the court of the Zelenogradsky district of the Kaliningrad region postponed the hearing of the claim of a member of the National Bolshevik Party Mikhail Kostyaev for compensation for moral damages on the fact of unjustified initiation of a criminal case on insulting the President of the Russian Federation V. Putin in connection with the failure of the defendant - a representative of the regional prosecutor's office.

In the article “Constitutional Platform”, published in the publication “Gazeta.Ru” on February 14, 2005, special correspondent of the Kommersant Publishing House Dmitry Butrin discusses the prospect of creating an opposition in Russia. The prerequisites for such opposition exist; these are basic political rights and freedoms, which are currently being violated in one way or another.

The heads of several enterprises in Arkhangelsk, in particular the director of the Solombala pulp and paper mill and the Krasnaya Kuznitsa plant, forbade their subordinates to hold meetings with the candidate for the mayor of Arkhangelsk A. Donskoy on the territory of the enterprises. Employees, under pain of dismissal, are also forbidden to vote for Donskoy and are ordered to vote for another candidate - P. Orlov. In addition, the headquarters of A.

website On February 15 , the State and Religion in Russia published a statement dated February 9 by the Congress of Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia (Chairman - Rabbi ZL Kogan) to the Tagansky District Court of Moscow regarding the exhibition "Beware of Religion!" .

Publicist Nikita Garadzha writes in the "Russian Journal" about the harmfulness of liberalism for Russia and the danger of a future revolution. Arguing in a completely conspiratorial spirit, Garaja contrasts the "dehumanized liberal project" with the "essence of the Russian universe . " "The revolution in the context of the current Russian Federation is pointless simply because there is no such state, it did not take place ," N. Garadzha believes.

Minister of Education and Science of the Nizhniy Novgorod Region Sergey Naumov stated at a press conference on February 15 that from September 1, 2005, the subject "Fundamentals of the Culture of Russia's Religions" will be introduced in the schools of the region. It is assumed that initially, as an experiment, "Basics" will be taught in 50-100 schools for 2 hours a week. According to S.

The Institute for National Strategy of S. Belkovsky continues the advertising campaign of its constitutional reform project. About this article by Pavel Svyatenkov "Two-storied Constitution" , posted on the website of APN.Ru. The model proposed by S. Belkovsky presupposes something like a bourgeois democracy, limited by a sacred sovereign, modeled on the Iranian political system.

The Proletarsky District Court of Rostov is hearing a case of an attack on a foreign student. Three residents of Rostov (all accused are 21 years old) are accused of attacking a citizen of the Republic of Mauritius Mohammed Fundan, a student of the Rostov Medical University, in August 2004. The Mauritian and his Russian girlfriend were beaten and robbed while walking in the park. Leaving, the attackers shouted: "Greetings from the skinheads .

On February 15, 2005, 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 its leader Dmitry Bobrov was extended. According to Katerina Baromia, a lawyer for one of the defendants in this case, Bobrov's detention period has been extended by three months, until May 25. The next meeting is scheduled for May 12. It is expected that by this time the results of the examination will be ready.