On May 16, 2006, at a press conference after a meeting with the presidential envoy to the Central Federal District Georgy Poltavchenko, the governor of the Voronezh region Vladimir Kulikov said that President Vladimir Putin needs to stay for a third term.

On May 17, 2006, in Syktyvkar (Komi Republic), the criminal case of Yuri Ekishev, the leader of the nationalist organization National Renaissance Union (SNV), was brought to court. Yu.Ekishev is charged under two articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - Part 1 of Art. 282 (inciting national, racial, religious hatred or enmity) and Part 2 of Art. 280 (public calls for the implementation of extremist activities using the media, which were the transcripts of the union).

On May 16, 2006, the Supreme Court of Bashkiria declared the arrest , editor of the opposition newspaper Provincial Vesti, of Viktor Shmakov illegal . According to V. Shmakov's lawyer, Ilgiz Galimkhanov, the court ruled illegal the decision made on April 29, 2006 by the Kirovsky District Court of Ufa to impose a preventive measure in the form of detention on him and ruled to release the defendant on bail.

Adopted by the participants of the conference "Fascism - a threat to the future of Russia" on May 14, 2006 We, the participants of the anti-fascist conference in Moscow on May 14, 2006, express our extreme concern about the growing threat of fascism to the future of Russia. We are convinced that neo-Nazism, xenophobia, discrimination on ethnic, racial and other grounds threaten the development of the country and the fundamental values ​​of society.

At an open meeting of the Judicial Collegium for Civil Cases of the Novgorod Regional Court, it considered the cassation appeal of Andrey K., a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses organization, against the decision of the city court of March 9, 2006. Veliky Novgorod about the direction for the passage of alternative civilian service. On February 22, 2006, Andrey K. was sent to Severomorsk, Murmansk Region, to perform alternative service as a livestock breeder.

On May 16, in the conference hall at the Moscow Cathedral Mosque, a round table was held on the topic "Interreligious Dialogue as a Factor of Peace and Mutual Understanding in Society: From Tolerance to Cooperation and Social Partnership", organized by the Council of Muftis of Russia and the Spiritual Board of Muslims of the European part of Russia.

On May 17, 2006, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Rashid Nurgaliev, speaking at the "government hour" in the State Duma of the Russian Federation, proposed to qualify the dissemination of ideas of extremism among minors as a serious crime . At the same time, R. Nurgaliyev cited the AKM and the NBP as examples of youth extremism.

On May 17, 2006, it became known about the trial of Daniil Vanchaev, an activist of the Samara anti-conscription movement, who became the object of persecution after he took part in the theatrical action "Conscription is canceled", held in Samara on February 23, 2006. They tried to detain D. Vanchaev, an active participant in the action, on the same day, without presenting any documents, without any explanation.

On May 15, a round table was held in Ufa with the participation of deputies of the State Assembly of the Republic of Bashkortostan, leaders of the executive committee of the World Kurultai of Bashkirs, Archbishop of Ufa and Sterlitamak Nikon (Vasyukov), and Deputy Mufti of the Republic Ayup Bibarsov.

On May 16, 2006, the Irkutsk administration's commission for holding mass events refused to allow the "Baikal Movement" to hold a concert "Thank you, people, for Baikal!" An official letter from the administration has not yet been received, but the chairman of the commission, Mr.

On May 17, 2006, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Rashid Nurgaliev, took the initiative in the State Duma to amend the Criminal Code, tightening punishment for a number of extremist crimes. “It is necessary to separate out acts related to the distribution of propaganda materials and the involvement of teenagers in extremist activities ,” Nurgaliev noted.

On the evening of May 15, 2006 in Moscow, SOBR officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation burst into the city committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (on Avtozavodskaya Street) and detained four activists of the National Bolshevik Party - the head of the Moscow branch of the NBP Roman Popkov, his deputy Nazir Magomedov, Sergei Medvedev and Vladimir Titov. The detainees were charged under Art.

In mid-May 2006, the Southwestern Transport Prosecutor's Office of the Moscow Region transferred to the Moscow Regional Court a criminal case on the murder of Armenian citizen Samvel Tadevosyan. Let us recall that 52-year-old S. Tadevosyan was killed in August 2005 in a suburban electric train on the Odintsovo-Bakovka section. Seven young people are accused of murder (previously six were reported) - residents of the Odintsovo district. The age of the accused is 17-26 years old.

On May 16, 2006, the Political News Agency published an article by Alexander Eliseev, "A Liberal Is Urgently Required", which substantiates the need for the emergence of "original, traditionally oriented liberals" . The author gives an extensive historical essay in which he describes the liberalism of the 19th century "as a very protective and traditionalist force" . At that time, there was "a nationalist sector in liberalism, and within nationalism there was a liberal wing.

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance has published a report on the religious situation in Russia.