On April 13, 2005, Novye Izvestiya published an article by Andrey Pankov "Narcissus turned out to be a brawler" dedicated to the incident involving the singer. Recall that on March 31, 2005, the performer of the song "Chocolate Bunny" beat (or allegedly beat) his pregnant bride. By no means justifying his behavior, I would like to express bewilderment at the way the journalist describes a domestic incident.

Metropolitan Isidor of Ekaterinodar and Kuban and Mikhail Astapov, head of the Department of Education and Science of the Krasnodar Territory, signed an agreement to speed up the introduction of the defense industry into the curriculum of schools in the Kuban. "As the ruling bishop of Kuban, I grieve that Orthodox culture is being introduced into schools so slowly," the Metropolitan said. Now in Krasnodar alone this subject is taught optionally in 23 schools.

The prosecutor's office of the Vladimir region sent to court the case of Syrian citizen Abdolkhalek Samir Mejed, who is charged under Part 1 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public calls for extremist activity").

On April 14, 2005, Vladimir Putin submitted to the Duma a draft federal law "On Amendments to Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation on Elections and Referendums and Other Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation." Several innovations were immediately noticed, further limiting democratic representation. The number of unreliable or invalid signatures of voters, which does not allow registration of lists of candidates, is reduced from 25 to 5%.

On April 14, 2005, the Moscow Regional Court sentenced skinheads for the murder of an Armenian citizen. Maxim Zhukov (born in 1987), Anton Zhuravikhin (born in 1987), Evgeny Kozlov (born in 1987), found guilty under paragraphs "e", "g", "l" part 2 of Art. . 105 ("murder"), part 5 of Art. 69 ("appointment of punishment for the totality of crimes") of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. M. Zhukov was sentenced to 8 years in prison, M. Momot to 6 years and 6 months.

The international agency Forum 18 published a report on the situation of unregistered religious groups in Russia, prepared for the hearings of the US Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. The report's author, Geraldine Fagan, notes the negative consequences of Russia's 1997 law on freedom of conscience, which divides religious groups that are formally equal before the law into registered organizations and unregistered groups. The rights of the latter are significantly limited.

Grigory Tomchin, leader of the St. Petersburg regional branch of the Union of Right Forces party, was elected in December 2004 as a representative of the regional Duma of the Chita region in the Federation Council.

Olga Kryshtanovskaya, director of the Institute for Applied Politics, and Stanislav Belkovsky, president of the Institute for National Strategy, talk about possible options for the development of the political situation in Russia after 2008. Olga Kryshtanovskaya believes that Putin will become prime minister for the period from 2008 to 2012, and after that he will again run for president. The option that he will head the parliament, Kryshtanovskaya considers unlikely.

The parent meeting of the state comprehensive school N 3 in the city of Lermontov (Stavropol Territory) approved its transformation into an Orthodox educational institution. Following the example of one of the schools in Mineralnye Vody, it will retain the teaching of all general education subjects, but at the same time the Law of God, Orthodox local history and the Greek language will be introduced.

An art action called "Terror incognita-2", which was supposed to take place in Arkhangelsk, provoked a protest from the local diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Bishop Tikhon of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogorsk urged the authorities of the city and the region to prevent "blasphemy".