On February 15, 2006, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Ivanov, speaking in the State Duma as part of the "government hour", announced the need to check some Russian media for materials "creating a negative image of the army . " "Some publications are already openly calling for disobedience and actually boycotting the spring draft. This may become an object of close attention of constitutional bodies for compliance with the Constitution ," S.

On February 15, 2006, in Nizhny Novgorod, at the "round table" "Nizhny Novgorod people against xenophobia and intolerance", the head of the center for combating terrorism of the operational-search bureau of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Volga Federal District, Leonid Tamaiko, stated that there were about 500 skinheads.

On February 15, 2006, the Moscow City Duma adopted amendments to the City Electoral Code , lowering the threshold for political parties from 10% to 7%. The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation recommended that the Moscow City Duma establish a 7% barrier to entry even before the December elections, but the amendments, ready last fall, were adopted only now. Sources The Moscow City Duma lowered the entry barrier only after the elections // Polit.Ru. 2006. February 15.

The head of the Council of Muftis of Russia, Ravil Gainutdin, cited his own data on the number of Muslims and Orthodox in Russia. During a press conference on February 14, he said that 20 million Muslims live in Russia, and Orthodox - no more than 2.5% (about 3.6 million, according to Interfax estimates). "Our religious holidays - and there are two of them - are not state holidays, and our believers are not allowed into mosques.

On February 11, 2006 in Ulyanovsk, activists of the local branch of the RNU held a sanctioned "Russian picket" against the "genocide of the peoples of Russia." About 40 participants, dressed in black clothes and headbands depicting RNU symbols, marched in formation of two people from the RNU headquarters to the city center to Goncharov Square, where the picket took place. The square was filled with police and riot police.

On February 8, 2006, the Samara Regional Court ruled to annul the amendments to the law "On Administrative Offenses", which actually introduced a "curfew" for teenagers. The court satisfied the claim of the regional prosecutor's office, but representatives of the Samara provincial Duma did not recognize the arguments of the prosecutor's office as justified and intend to appeal the decision. Sources Freedom for children under 14! // New Newspaper. 2006. February 13.

On February 14, 2006, the administration of Yekaterinburg refused to approve an application for holding an anti-war picket on February 23, 2006, filed by the Yekaterinburg Movement Against Violence. The refusal is motivated by " the "possibility of terrorist acts . The organizers considered the refusal illegal and intend to go to court. Sources Ekaterinburg. Activists equated with terrorists // Institute "Collective Action". 2006. February 15.

On February 13, 2006, the leaders of some Russian non-governmental organizations met with the Chairman of the Federation Council, Sergei Mironov, in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation. During the meeting, S. Mironov suggested creating a council of non-governmental organizations under the Federation Council.

The Council of Muftis of Russia believes that the possible introduction of the institution of the military clergy will lead to missionary work of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Muslim environment. This conclusion was made after a press conference on the bill prepared by the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office on the introduction of regimental priests in the army.

February 11, 2006 in Bryansk, in the house of culture of the Soviet district, a congress of patriotic forces of the Bryansk region was held, organized by the regional public movement "Spas" . In addition to the Bryansk communists, the congress was attended by representatives of a number of right-wing organizations, including the Russian National Unity (RNU) and the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI).

On February 14, the Independent Press Center hosted a press conference "Another pogrom of the Orthodox Church of the Mother of God" Derzhavnaya. "Growth of intolerance-motivated violence is the result of state religious policy." The press conference was attended by two journalists. Priest of the Orthodox Church of the Mother of God "Sovereign" Timothy Zhivotov named "the growth of fundamentalist consciousness" as the main reason for the repeated acts of violence against the community.

On February 13, 2006, Gazeta.Ru published an editorial "The Phoenician Model of Russian Democracy". At present, we can talk about the creation in Russia of an integrated system of control over the financing of political and public activities, the authors of the article believe.

On February 15, 2005, Nizhny Novgorod hosted a "round table" "Nizhny Novgorod people against xenophobia and intolerance", organized by the city department of education and culture, the regional national-cultural autonomy of the Tatars, and the Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Nizhny Novgorod region.

On February 14, during a meeting of the Coordination Council of Muslims of the North Caucasus (CCM NC) held in Moscow, a new head of this association was elected. Instead of the Mufti of Karachay-Cherkessia Ismagil-Hadji Berdiev, the current Mufti of the Republic of Ingushetia, Magomet-Hadji Albogachiev, was elected acting head of the KSM SK.

On February 15, 2006, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court dismissed the Moscow Anti-Fascist Center's complaint against the refusal of the Moscow prosecutor's office to open a criminal case in connection with the "Right March" in Moscow on November 4, 2005.