On November 20, 2005, a rock festival "Red Breakthrough" was held in Orel, organized by the AKM and the RKSM (b) with the support of the SCM and the NBP. After the event, there was a series of attacks on spectators and musicians.

The Eurasian branch of the International Association for Religious Freedom (JAO MARS) published an appeal to Yuri Luzhkov in connection with the cancellation of the order to allocate land to the Moscow Society for Krishna Consciousness for the construction of a temple.

On November 23, 2005, employees of the Department for Combating Organized Crime (UBOP) of the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate conducted a search at the headquarters of the National Bolshevik Party (NBP) (according to other sources, in the editorial office of the General Line newspaper) on Kashirskoye Highway. According to the press secretary of the party, Alexander Averin, all those at the headquarters (about 15 members of the NBP) were herded into one room and the lights turned off.

On November 19, 2005, in Rostov-on-Don, at the entrance to the dormitory of the Rostov State Economic University on 2nd Krasnodarskaya Street, a group of young people were detained who were preparing to set fire to the dormitory of foreign students. This was announced on November 23 by the head of the Rostov-on-Don police department, Gennady Neplyuev, at a meeting dedicated to the prevention and suppression of crimes among youth against foreign students in the region.

On November 23, 2005, before the beginning of the meeting of the State Duma, which is scheduled to consider the draft law "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation", an action of activists protesting against the adoption of the law was dispersed. Before the start of the action, the police demanded documents from "suspicious-looking" citizens and warned that they would not allow any unauthorized events. Nevertheless, the action took place.

Cases related to NK YUKOS On October 7, it became known that the Prosecutor General's Office had opened a criminal case against Sergei Shimkevich, the general director of Tomskneft. He has been charged with illegal business activities resulting in exceeding established oil production levels. Thus, Shimkevich joined the list of those persecuted in the YUKOS NK case.

The Moscow City Electoral Commission banned the LDPR from distributing one of the election leaflets calling for "closing Moscow from immigrants from the south" , which depicts a man of "Caucasian appearance" selling melons. According to the head of the Moscow City Electoral Committee Vyacheslav Shulenin, after checking the content of the campaign, representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party were informed about its inconsistency with the electoral legislation.

On November 23, 2005, the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted in the first reading the draft law "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation". 370 deputies voted for the bill, 18 voted against. All non-profit public organizations will now be registered with the Federal Registration Service, subordinate to the Ministry of Justice. Previously, non-profit organizations had only to submit documents to the tax office to start their activities.

On November 23, during a meeting with students and activists of the Youth Russia youth movement, Nikolai Reznik, head of the main department of educational work of the Russian Armed Forces, said that the Russian Defense Ministry was ready to accept priests into the staff of the armed forces. “Now there are no priests in the state of the armed forces. In principle, we are ready to accept priests on the staff of the Ministry of Defense,” the general said.

On November 20, 2005, were beaten musicians and participants in the concert "Red Breakthrough: Rock Against Globalization" in Orel. The attack was allegedly carried out by skinheads or football fans. It is significant that the police officers who were present at the concert suddenly disappeared before its end. In addition, mass beatings were not included in the police reports. The police department says nothing happened.

Several schools in Rostov-on-Don, as an experiment, have introduced an elective course in the elementary grades on "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture". In the future, the experiment is planned to be extended to all classes. There is a society of Orthodox teachers in the city, with whom the clergy regularly conduct classes.

As part of the "Russian Society Stratification" project, implemented jointly with the Institute for Public Design, ROMIR Monitoring conducted a survey "What religious dogmas do Russians believe in?" More than 15,000 respondents (1500? - Ed. ) aged 18 years and older were interviewed in more than 100 cities and towns of Russia, in all federal districts. According to the survey, 66% of Russians believe in God (74% of women and 56% of men).