We publish the text of the Decree on the refusal to initiate a criminal case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the fact of the publication of Mikhail Nazarov's anti-Semitic article "Live without fear of the Jews!" The text is based on materials from right-wing radical sites.

The Sakhalin Muslim Community (SUM of the Asian part of Russia) is going to court to seek the transfer to it of the site provided in 2003 by the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk mayor's office to the local Muslim Charitable Foundation for the construction of a mosque. According to the chairman of the community Mikhail (Abdurrakhim) Surovtsev, this fund does not fulfill its obligations. In a conversation with an Islam-Info correspondent, M.

March 12, 2006 in Moscow, at the Small Sports Arena "Luzhniki", took place football match for the Cup of Russia between the teams "Moscow" and "Torpedo". Fans of "Torpedo" have repeatedly made insulting cries against black players playing for the "Moscow" team. The general manager of Moscow, Yuri Belous, appealed to the leadership of the RFU with a request to pay attention to the inadmissibility of this. Sources Shpenkov M. Russian football will be cleansed of racism // Labor. 2006. March 21.

On March 20, the Moscow Arbitration Court considered the lawsuit of the Moscow Society for Krishna Consciousness (MOCK) against the Moscow government demanding the return of a land plot on Leningradskoye Shosse to them (recall that in November 2005 the Moscow government canceled the permit to allocate land to Hare Krishnas. - Ed . ) . The court refused to satisfy the claim. The reasons for this decision will be provided to the parties only in a few days, Kommersant reports.

On March 20, the Council of Muftis of Russia issued a statement "On provocations in certain media aimed at inciting interreligious confrontation." The reason was the coverage by the portal "Interfax-religion" expressed of the official position of the Council of Ministers on March 11 on the issue of introducing the institution of regimental priests.

In the city of Kemi (Karelia), at the request of the local diocese, a monument of architecture of the 18th century was transferred to the free use of the Russian Orthodox Church. - the building of the Assumption Cathedral, built in 1717. The corresponding order was signed by the head of the republic, Sergei Katanandov. Sources Assumption Cathedral in the Karelian city of Kem handed over to the Church // Pravoslavie.Ru. 2006. March 20. (With reference to ITAR-TASS.)

On the evening of March 20, 2006, Marina Litvinovich, a member of the federal council of the United Civil Front (UCF), was beaten in Moscow. At the exit from the OCF office, M. Litvinovich was attacked from behind by several people who struck her in the face and head, causing the victim to lose consciousness for some time. The criminals were not interested in the victim's belongings. M. Litvinovich was hospitalized at the Research Institute named after.

On March 17, in Kazan, Naberezhnye Chelny, Yelabuga and Aznakayevo, protests organized by the All-Tatar Public Center were held against the re-trial of former Guantanamo prisoners Ravil Gumarov and Timur Ishmuratov, as well as Fanis Shaikhutdinov. (Recall that R. Gumarov and F. Shaikhutdinov were detained in Moscow on March 7. - Ed. ).

In late February - early March 2006, police detained two right-wing radical activists who were actively promoting hatred on the Internet.

On March 21, 2006, the Karelian branch of the "Youth Human Rights Group" (YPG) held an action against xenophobia dedicated to the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Activists of the group painted over racist signs in the entrances of residential buildings and on the fences of Petrozavodsk, and also organized seminars in the city's schools, where they told teenagers what racial intolerance can lead to.

On December 23, 2005, we reported that as a result of a mass brawl during a concert by the Metal Corrosion group, a 19-year-old anti-fascist died from his injuries from a brain hemorrhage. It was only in March 2006 that our center received information that this report was not true. The young man was seriously injured, was taken to the hospital, but, fortunately, survived. Inc. inf.

On March 16, members of the Moscow City Duma commission on interethnic and interfaith relations discussed the draft law "On the interaction of state authorities of the city of Moscow with non-governmental non-profit organizations", adopted by the deputies in the first reading on March 1. Several amendments to the bill have been proposed.

At the end of March 2006 in Vladivostok, near the railway station, several shaven-headed young men attacked a group of tourists from Thailand. One of the Thai citizens was seriously injured and was hospitalized. According to the press center of the Department of Internal Affairs of Primorye, the victim is an admiral of the Royal Navy. Four attacking young people were detained . A criminal case has been initiated. Sources Tourist group from Thailand beaten up in Vladivostok // IA REGNUM.

We are publishing the text of the speech of the public prosecutor Kira Gudim at the trial of Alexander Koptsev, who on January 11, 2006, during the evening prayer, attacked the parishioners and staff of the Moscow synagogue on Bolshaya Bronnaya Street. The prosecutor spoke on 20 March 2006. The text is given according to the publication of the official website of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. Dear court, dear participants of the process!

At the end of March 2006, officers of the Vladivostok patrol service detained four young men who had attacked a group of tourists from Thailand. The detainees were taken to the Frunzenskoe police department. Cell phones were confiscated from young people, on which pictures of the beating of several more foreigners were filmed. During a search in the apartments of the detainees, Nazi literature was found. Upon the beating of Thai citizens, a criminal case was initiated under Art.