According to Moskovsky Komsomolets, a draft law on amendments to the law "On Freedom of Conscience and on Religious Associations" has been submitted to the State Duma for consideration. According to Art. Paragraph 3, paragraph 6 of this law "holding public events, posting texts and images that offend the religious feelings of citizens, near objects of religious veneration is prohibited." The authors of the bill propose to remove the words "near objects of religious worship" from this wording.

On May 17, 2006, the press service of the Yabloko party reported that the prefecture of the North-Eastern District of Moscow banned the opposition march in defense of freedom of speech "March to Ostankino" (from the VDNKh metro station to the Ostankino television center), scheduled for May 20, 2006 . The refusal is motivated by the inability to block traffic on the highway.

In Arkhangelsk, vandals desecrated the Vologda cemetery. In the Muslim part, fences were broken and tombstones were knocked down. A criminal case has been initiated into the incident. The version of hostility on ethnic grounds has not yet been considered. Sources Vandals desecrated Muslim graves in Arkhangelsk // Islam.ru. 2006. May 18.

On May 16, 2006, IA Bankfax reported that the editors of the Barnaul newspaper "Marker Express Digest" received a letter from Gennady Popryga, head of the Siberian District Department of Rosokhrankultura. G. Popryga demands to stop the publication of materials about the activities of the opposition, threatening otherwise to apply the procedure for liquidating the media.

The Muslim community in Sochi is still unable to obtain permission from the authorities to build a mosque. The community administrator, Ravza Ramazanova, said that the Department of Architecture had allocated plots of land to believers several times, but these plots were either sold or communications run through them. About 70 believers spend all this time worshiping in their apartments.

in Vladimir We publish the text of the speech of the Vladimir journalist Natalia Novozhilova, read by her at the April 14 discussion : Hate Speech in the Russian Media; . In the Vladimir region, the level of potential nationalism is somewhat higher than the national average.

On May 17, 2006, the prosecutor's office of the Ryazan region banned the public action "Human Chain in the Kremlin", scheduled for May 18, 2006. The intention of citizens to join hands on the ramparts surrounding the Ryazan Kremlin was seen as similar to a rally, which requires prior notification organizers of city authorities.

On May 19, 2006, an unsanctioned protest action by activists of the National Bolshevik Party took place in Barnaul near the Altai Regional Court. Several people climbed onto the canopy of the porch of the building, where they unfurled a banner "No to judicial arbitrariness", and a group of 5-6 people entered the court building. The picket was dispersed, two of its participants were detained.

On May 18, 2006, in Krasnodar, the Youth Group for Tolerance "ETnIKA" together with the Youth Human Rights Movement held a round table "Counteracting aggression and intolerance among young people" within the framework of the "Open Civil Academy". During the round table, issues of discrimination and intolerant attitude towards foreign students were discussed.

On May 18, 2006, in St. Petersburg, Dmitry Borovikov, who was suspected of involvement in the murder of Senegalese student Samba Lanpsar and was on the international wanted list as part of a criminal case for the creation of the extremist group "Mad crowd" , was killed during his arrest. During the check of the operational information received by the CM of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of St.

On May 18, 2006, in the Central House of Entrepreneurs of Moscow, the winners of the 5th anniversary city competition "Victoria - the best in the profession, the best in business" were awarded, which is held by the Government of Moscow. Alexander Aratov, director of the Russkaya Pravda publishing house, was chosen as the winner in the Young Entrepreneur nomination.

On May 18, a meeting was held in Rome between the head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Kirill (Gundyaev) of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, and Pope Benedict XVI. During the meeting, a message from Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus' was delivered to the head of the Roman Catholic Church. According to the head of the DECR, the current situation in the world requires more active cooperation between the two Churches.

to the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses proposed by the parliamentarians of Kabardino-Balkaria On May 19, the State Duma considered in the first reading the amendments , designed to prevent religious extremism. The deputies considered the proposals of the Kabardino-Balkarian colleagues to be insufficiently elaborated, however, they considered that the problem they raised deserved to be resolved at the legislative level.

On April 28, 2006, the Prosecutor's Office of the Chita Region issued a warning to Sergei Avdeev, editor-in-chief of the Russkoye Zabaikalye newspaper, about the inadmissibility of violating the law "On Counteracting Extremist Activity".

In May 2006, a court in Kirov sentenced Ivan Mikheev (b. 1985), Ilya Volkov (b. 1987), Mikhail Vereshchagin (b. 1987), Sergei Sh. (b. 1988) , Andrey M. (born in 1989) and Georgy G. (born in 1988), participants in a mass brawl at a punk concert by the Mausoleum group in March 2005.