On October 25, 2005, Lev Levinson, an expert from the Institute of Human Rights, published an expert opinion on adopted by the State Duma of the Russian Federation in the first reading. the bill "On Parliamentary Investigation" The bill, writes L. Levinson, creates obstacles to the exercise of the rights of parliament. "The circle of circumstances in connection with which a parliamentary investigation can be conducted, in fact, comes down to individual man-made and natural emergencies.

On October 10, 2005, Anatoly Sardaev, founder and editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Mordovia Segodnya, was taken into custody in the courtroom. The judge considered that A. Sardaev tried to escape from justice (although the journalist was in the hospital). Employees of "Mordovia Segodnya" issued an open letter on this occasion, in which they claim that the persecution of A.

On October 25, a protest rally began in Arkhangelsk, organized by the city's advertising agencies, in connection with a planned increase in the municipal tax on outdoor advertising. Posters appeared on the streets depicting a yellow six-pointed cross on a black background (like on a tombstone), below the inscription: "Outdoor advertising in Arkhangelsk" and "years of life" (1995-2005).

Center "Demos" Defense stocks The most numerous and organized protest action in September was the action of workers of the defense complex. The rallies and pickets were part of a two-week all-Russian protest organized from 8 to 22 September by the association of Russian defense industry trade unions. In general, several tens of thousands of people throughout Russia took part in the actions.

On October 25, 2005, the Sverdlovsk Regional Court began hearing a criminal case on the fact of the murder in May 2005 in Verkhnyaya Pyshma of three immigrants from Armenia. The four defendants involved in the case are charged with the following: Evgeny Maksimov - pp. "d, f, h" part 2 of Art. 105 (murder committed with special cruelty, by a group of persons by prior agreement, for selfish motives, two episodes) n. "c" part 4 of Art.

On October 24, 2005, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Arkhangelsk allowed the mayor's office to demolish the temporary buildings housing the gypsy camp. Previously (in May 2005) the Roma were asked to demolish their buildings themselves, which was not done. The decision of the court will come into force in 10 days.

movement known as the "Unification Church", failed to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Russian branch of the "Interreligious Interethnic Federation for World Peace" held in Moscow on October 21 Myung Moon, head of the religious Sun On September 12, 2005, the "Unification Church" operates). At the ceremony, it was announced that Moon had been denied an entry visa. The media reports do not say anything about the reason for the refusal.

At a meeting held on October 25, 2005 in the Rostov regional administration, it was decided to strengthen security measures for foreign students. In the dormitories of Rostov-on-Don, where foreigners live, the access control will be tightened and alarm buttons will be installed. In addition, in the near future it is planned to organize student squads to protect the places of residence of students. Security has been stepped up following an attack on a student from Cameroon on 20 October.

On October 25, 2005, the Samara Provincial Duma adopted a law according to which police officers have the right to draw up protocols on administrative offenses against the parents of children under 14 if the child was in a public place at night - from 22:00 to 06:00. The decree refers to public places residential buildings (except for premises that are the place of residence of minors), streets, courtyards, parks, stations, as well as nightclubs, discos and restaurants.

The Russian Islamic Heritage movement issued a statement condemning the actions of Nalchik law enforcement officers who raided the house of Ruslan Nakhushev, the coordinator for the North Caucasus and head of the regional Kabardino-Balkarian branch of RIN (he himself is currently in Moscow). "...

On October 26, 2005, two activists of the Novosibirsk branch of the National Bolshevik Party (NBP), Nikolai Baluev and Vyacheslav Rusakov, who were detained in May 2005, were charged with preparing terrorist attacks (Article 205, paragraph "a" part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). A source in the FSB Department for the Novosibirsk Region said that the criminal case against the NBP activists would soon be brought to court. The defendants face up to 10 years in prison.

On October 26, 2005, deputies of the Moscow City Duma rejected a draft amendment to the Electoral Code of Moscow, which, in particular, provided for lowering the barrier for parties and associations to pass from 10 to 7 percent and returning the column "against all" to the ballots. Most of the deputies spoke out against the bill, calling it "untimely" on the eve of the elections to the Moscow City Duma scheduled for December 4, 2005.

On October 21, Radio Liberty aired comments from the head of the All-Tatar Public Center, Talgat Bareev, about the reluctance of many Muslims in Tatarstan to receive new Russian passports for religious reasons. "People come to us," he said, "constantly, almost every day: "Help, protect our rights. (Mostly older people.) We do not want to have Orthodox symbols in our pockets, we are not Christians, we are Muslims. This offends us.

On October 25, 2005, during a court hearing in the case of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS) in the regional court of Nizhny Novgorod, Oleg Kocherov, representative of the Main Registration Department for the Nizhny Novgorod Region of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, suddenly announced that the plaintiff had returned to the original claims and asked Judge Samartseva to immediately eliminate the RCFS.