On June 23, Moscow hosted a meeting of the Council of Experts of the Eurasian Branch of the International Association for Religious Freedom (EO MARS) on the topic: "Agreements on social partnership between religious organizations and the state: practice, problems, prospects." The discussion was attended by EO MARS President Fyodor Shelov-Kovedyaev, Deputy Chairman of the Commission on Religious Associations under the Government of the Russian Federation Andrey Sebentsov, an employee of the

On June 22, 2005, on the day of the jury's verdict in the case of the Cossack ataman Nikolai Drozdov, who killed two young Meskhetian Turkish women, Evgeny Novozhilov, a Radio Liberty correspondent, was detained near the building of the Krasnodar Regional Court. E. Novozhilov, the only journalist who attended court sessions, tried to talk to the jurors who had left the court.

On June 20, 2005, Vladislav Surkov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, gave an interview to the Spiegel magazine. On the same day, the interview appeared on Russian sites publishing translated materials ( InoSMI.Ru , Inopressa.Ru ), and was reprinted by leading pro-government resources ( Kremlin.Org , Dni.Ru ), and then by many others (for example, Polit.Ru or NBP-Info ).

On June 23, the Ryazan Regional Duma considered . a draft amendment proposed by Governor G.

On June 23, 2005, Raisa Petrovna Nosova, director of the Moscow School No. 886, was relieved of her post for refusing to take documents for the 10th grade from a girl on ethnic grounds. Dila Zhuraeva, a 9th grade student, was denied acceptance of documents, despite her good certificate. This conflict became an extraordinary issue at the collegium of the Moscow Department of Education on June 23, 2005.

On June 23, 2005, the Committee on Constitutional Legislation of the State Duma of the Russian Federation approved an amendment to the Law on Presidential Elections of the Russian Federation introduced by United Russia deputy Alexander Moskalets, which allows the resigned president to run again if the early elections are declared invalid.

On June 24, 2005, the Magistrate of Kasimov (Ryazan region) Y. Panyushkin ruled to bring the local neo-pagan right-wing radical Yuri Oleinikov to administrative responsibility under Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses ("Propaganda and public demonstration of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols confusingly similar to Nazi ones"). Y. Oleinikov was fined 500 rubles. The symbolism of the organization "Spiritual Tribal Power Rus", which is represented by Yu.

On June 22, 2005, a decree of the regional administration on measures to implement the Federal Law "On meetings, rallies, demonstrations, marches and pickets" came into force in Kursk. According to this document, it is forbidden to hold protests in the historical center of Kursk - on the local Red Square and the streets adjacent to it, where the state authorities and local self-government of Kursk are located.

*Review written in early 2005 on behalf of the Stephen Roth Institute at Tel Aviv University. Used in the preparation of their review, and now published in full here (without amendment for our subsequent research). All materials used in this review, except as otherwise noted, are posted on the website of the SOVA center.

On June 23, 2005, a scientific-practical conference "Issues of interethnic harmony and conflict prevention in the Rostov region" opened at the Rostov State University of Communications. This problem is very relevant in the Rostov region. In May-June 2005, there was an upsurge of violence against foreigners in the Rostov region. The organizer of the conference was the administration of the region.

On June 22, 2005, a sanctioned picket was held in Nizhny Novgorod for organizing a referendum on the choice or appointment of the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region. Some time after the start of the event, unknown people who introduced themselves as employees of the office of the Federal Inspector for the Nizhny Novgorod Region, without presenting documents, took one of the posters and took it away in an unknown direction.