At the end of May 2006, the Timiryazevsky Court of Moscow sentenced to two years in prison 21-year-old Muscovite Dmitry, who in March 2002, as part of a group of extremist teenagers, participated in the brutal beating of five people, three of whom were Africans.

On May 31, 2006, Ivan Pavlov, a lawyer and human rights activist, director of the Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information, was beaten up in the courtyard of his own house in St. Petersburg. A group of unidentified persons inflicted many blows on his head. Pavlov's personal belongings, including a mobile phone, laptop, car keys, were not of interest to the attackers. The victim is hospitalized. The head of the St.

On May 26, 2006, the Northern Transport Prosecutor's Office of the Moscow Region opened a criminal case into the murder of 19-year-old Artur Sardaryan on May 25 in an electric train. The case was brought under s. "g, l" part 2 tbsp. 105 (murder committed by a group of persons by prior agreement, motivated by national hatred). From the words of the passengers who witnessed the murder, the investigators compiled sketches of the attackers.

On May 31, at the Sheremetyevo-1 airport, the leader of the Ukrainian evangelical church Embassy of God, Sunday Adelaja, was detained while passing through border control. After the arrest, the preacher was expelled from Russia. S. Adelaja arrived in Moscow at the invitation of the television program "Let them talk", which is preparing a release dedicated to issues of faith and "sects".

On May 27, 2006, a rally organized by the regional organization of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation took place in Balashikha. When approaching the scene, the police detained five members of the Vanguard of the Red Youth (AKM). The AKM column was stopped by the police and OMON, and all participants of the action had their documents checked. Two AKM members were detained due to the presence of masks covering part of the face.

On May 31, 2006, the Moscow City Court dismissed the cassation appeal of Roman Popkov, the head of the Moscow branch of the NBP, and recognized his arrest as lawful. Complaints by Nazir Magomedov, Sergei Medvedev and Vladimir Titov, requesting that the decision of the Tverskoy Court of Moscow be annulled and that their measure of restraint be changed to non-custodial, will be considered on June 7, 2006. Sources The arrest of the head of the NBP was recognized as legal // Polit.Ru. 2006.

We present an annotated index of literature (monographs, articles, collections of publications, materials of conferences and round tables) devoted to the problems of democracy and civil society in Russia, which attracted our attention during the work on the "Democracy under Siege" project. The list is systematized alphabetically by authors (titles) . Asmanov S. Putin and his successors: The experience of democratic construction // Emergency reserve. 2004. No. 4 (36). S.19-25. S.

On May 30, 2006, it became known that left-wing activist Olga Ivanova (Francesca), a journalism student at the Kuban State University, was reprimanded for traveling to the European Social Forum in Athens. O. Ivanova is an excellent student, has the right to freely visit the university.

At the end of May 2006, in the Chita region, charges were brought against 10 residents of the village of. Kharagun, who participated in the mass brawl on May 18.

On May 27, 2006, Pavel Ivanov, an activist of the local branch of the National Bolshevik Party, was beaten up at the entrance of his own house in Obninsk. P. Ivanov is hospitalized. The NBP-Info website reports that the day before the incident, P. Ivanov received a phone call from an unknown person with threats. Sources Attack on an NBP member in Obninsk // NBP-Info. 2006. May 20.

On May 30, 2006, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, speaking on the TVC channel, said that the attempt by the gay parade participants to lay wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was a provocation. "The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a state, people's altar, where people come to bow, pay tribute ," said Yu. Luzhkov. By signing a refusal to hold a gay pride parade in Moscow, Luzhkov, according to him, thereby secured its participants.

On May 29, 2006, the Moscow Mayor's Office banned the "We" movement from holding a procession "Back to the USSR" on Tverskoy Boulevard on June 3, 2006. Anatoly Shilyakov, a consultant for the mayor's office on working with security agencies, said that in the summer in Moscow there are a lot of people on the streets, and the traffic on the roads is congested, therefore all marches in Moscow are prohibited in the summer.

From September 1, schools in the Belgorod region will introduce "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture" on a mandatory basis. "The purpose of introducing such a compulsory subject is to educate Belgorod children in the spirit of traditional values ​​and, ultimately, to strengthen the family," said Svetlana Kalashnikova, deputy head of the regional department of education and science. Last year, the course began to be introduced in the schools of the region as an optional course.

We are publishing the text of the decision to bring M. Sharov as a defendant in a criminal case related to the attack on a gypsy family in Belgorod in August 2005, whom the investigation considers the organizer of the attack. The case was brought to court on May 17, 2006. The text is reproduced based on materials from right-wing radical sites .