On December 24, 2005, in St. Petersburg, Cameroonian citizen Kanhem Leon was killed and Namibian citizen Mwangi Eddie Maina (according to other sources, a citizen of Zimbabwe and Zambia) was wounded. This happened at about 7:50 p.m. not far from the dormitory of the Institute of Water Communications, located at 6 on Marine Corps Street.

On December 26, 2005, the Kommersant newspaper published a list of members of the Public Chamber elected from the regions. Here is the list as it appeared in the newspaper.

42 members of the PC, approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No.

On December 25, 2005, the St. Petersburg prosecutor's office opened a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code (“murder committed by a group of persons”) regarding an attack on African students. Law enforcement agencies are considering all versions and motives for the attack. Footprints, blood and a bottle with fingerprints were found at the scene.

The Yuri Levada Analytical Center published the results of the latest sociological survey of Russians about their attitude to the celebration of Christmas on December 25 (sample size - 1,600 people, statistical error - no more than 3%, the survey was conducted on December 16-19). 6% of respondents stated their intention to celebrate Christmas on this day (in 2004 - 16%, 2003 - 19%, 2002 and 2001 - 18%, 2000 - 16%, 1999 - 17%, 1998 - 12%, 1997 - 13%).

Islam.Ru reports that a group of Tatarstan Muslims appealed to Farit Mukhametshin, Chairman of the State Council of the Republic, with a request to "pay close attention to what is happening with Muslims" and help them return the books of the Turkish theologian Said Nursi, confiscated in July 2005 during a search in the apartments of Marat Tamimdarov , Eldar Timoshev and Lenara Sabirova.

On December 26, 2005, the Novosibirsk Regional Court announced the end of the judicial investigation into the case of a group of skinheads accused of committing a series of robbery attacks on immigrants from the republics of Central Asia and inciting ethnic hatred. A break was announced in the process until January 31, 2006 to prepare the participants in the hearings for the debate of the parties.

On December 24, 2005, the Local movement near Moscow held a founding conference and adopted a charter. Sergey Fateev became the leader of the movement. The conference was attended by the vice-governor of the Moscow region Alexei Panteleev, who, in particular, announced the support of the movement by the government of the Moscow region. Kozenko A. Public associations // Kommersant. 2005. December 26.

On December 23, 2005, the fully formed Civic Chamber of Russia was concerned about adopted by the State Duma in three readings. the draft law on non-profit non-governmental organizations "Some provisions of the bill will actually lead to the creation of a new powerful bureaucratic machine, comparable in its influence and scale to the Federal Tax Service," the statement, adopted by the full composition of the Public Chamber, says.

On December 22, 2005, 17-year-old Alyona Lapteva, an activist of the Anarcho-Ecological Resistance, a participant in a picket against the burning of rockets in Perm, was registered with the commission on juvenile affairs. Her parents were ordered to pay a fine of 500 rubles. In addition, the inspector of the department for juvenile affairs of the Sverdlovsk Internal Affairs Directorate of Perm and the head teacher of Professional Lyceum No. 1, where A.

On December 25, members of the Moscow Pentecostal Church "Emmanuel" held another protest rally against discrimination against the rights of Protestants. They combined this action with the celebration of Christmas. According to Portal-Credo.ru , "About 200 people gathered on Pushkin Square. The believers sang holiday hymns and carols, danced, prayed and blessed the authorities of the city and all Muscovites in the name of Christ.