In Moscow, the A. Sakharov Museum and Public Center hosted an anti-fascist meeting of public organizations of the capital, organized by the committee "For Civil Rights". The action was attended by human rights activists, as well as more than 40 representatives of ethno-cultural associations.

On May 11, 2005, the newspaper "Arguments and Facts - Moscow" published a selection of opinions on xenophobia and the spread of neo-Nazi ideas in modern Russia. Correspondent Konstantin Kudryashov tried to present the maximum range of opinions: social activist, leader of a party that is often called “fascist,” law enforcement officer, official, teacher, historian.

According to the verdict of the court, the party "For Holy Rus'!" is closed. According to Russkaya Liniya, the party was closed for debts: during the 2003 election campaign, the party actively used television, and according to the election law, parties and associations that did not get 3% of the votes are required to pay for the airtime provided.

Metropolitan of Voronezh and Borisoglebsk Sergiy (Fomin) said that the construction of the Annunciation Cathedral in Voronezh will be financed by Moscow businessmen. The construction of the cathedral began in 1998. Since then, local authorities have repeatedly appealed to the conscience of Voronezh entrepreneurs, urging them to transfer funds for the construction of the temple, but to no avail.

At the beginning of May 2005, another letter from Mikhail Nazarov addressed to the Prosecutor General of Russia Vladimir Ustinov was published on the website of the Rus Pravoslavnaya newspaper. In particular, it states the following. Firstly, "Appeal 5000" "sent for consideration to the Basmanny Interdistrict Prosecutor of Moscow" .

At the beginning of May 2005, the Prosecutor of St. Petersburg, Sergei Zaitsev, reported that at present, the Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the City Prosecutor's Office was investigating 12 criminal cases initiated on the grounds of crimes under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("inciting national hatred" ), or in which this motive of the crime is seen.

On May 11, 2005, a presentation of a pamphlet by the Nashi youth movement entitled "Unusual Fascism" was held in Moscow. As conceived by the authors, the brochure will be distributed in schools, vocational schools and universities. According to Vasily Yakemenko, the brochure contains information about fascist organizations and totalitarian sects that exist in Russia and Europe.

On May 12, 2005, a Roma was attacked in Novorossiysk. Alexei Glukhov, a member of the Russian National Liberation Movement, threw a bottle at the victim and gouged out his eye. The attacker was arrested on May 12, 2005. The attack became known in August 2005 in connection with the announcement of the court session in the case of A. Glukhov. Sources Skinhead convicted in Novorossiysk // YUGA.ru. 2005. August 16

On May 12, 2005, the Industrial District Court of the city of Izhevsk delivered a verdict in the case leader of the Izhevsk branch of the Freedom Party Alexander Schneider. A. Schneider was charged with part 1 of article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for carrying out extremist activities). Unfortunately, it is unclear exactly what the verdict was. Quicker in total, A.

Anatoly Papp, Demos Center . On April 25, Vladimir Putin announced the President's Address to the Federal Assembly . Apart from the mass of high-status politicians (deputies, members of the government, governors), few commentators were unequivocally positive about the content of the message. The question most often asked: is this a real program, or a PR campaign?

On the evening of May 7, 2005, an action was held in Vladimir under the slogan "Russia without fascism", organized by the International Youth Human Rights Movement and the Moscow Helsinki Group. A column of young people with lit candles marched along Victory Square to the Eternal Flame, where the protesters honored the memory of the fallen with a minute of silence. At the same time, similar actions took place in several regions of Russia.

May 9, 2005 in the city of Ukhta, Republic of Komi, unidentified people held an action to counteract the spread of neo-fascist inscriptions. Swastikas were crossed out with light brown paint, anti-fascist inscriptions "No pasaran" and "Skin-kaput" were made , the inscription "Skin-head" was remade into "Skin-dead". In the opinion of Igor Sazhin, a representative of the CPC "Memorial", the skinhead movement in Syktyvkar and Ukhta has the same roots.

The Public Relations Development Service of JSC "Buryatenergo" turned to Buddhist leaders with a request for help in combating the unauthorized use of electricity. As a result, an appeal was published by the Buddhist traditional sangha of Russia to believers with an appeal "do not steal." "A person who does not pay for donations will be doomed to poverty. Such is the law of karma," the appeal says.

On April 22, 2005, the Prosecutor of St. Petersburg, Sergei Zaitsev, canceled as unfounded the decision of his deputy to refuse to initiate a criminal case on the fact of dissemination of xenophobic and extremist materials in the newspapers Rus Pravoslavnaya and Za Russkoye Delo. An additional check of the case materials collected earlier was appointed in connection with an appeal in March 2005 by Federation Council member Sergei Vasilyev to the St.