On June 8, the Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate decided to accept Bishop Vasily (Osborne) of Sergius under its jurisdiction and appoint him to the Patriarchal Exarchate of Orthodox parishes of the Russian tradition in Western Europe.

The non-profit organization "Interyus" prepared a report commissioned by the European Audiovisual Observatory, which analyzes the changes in the Russian television industry from 2002 to 2005. The article by Sergei Varshavchik "Chewing gum for the eyes", published in Nezavisimaya Gazeta on June 9, 2006, is devoted to this document. . The authors of the report believe that the main change is the restoration of state control over the assets of federal television.

On June 9, 2006, the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted in the first reading a draft law on the exclusion of the column "against all" in the elections of all levels of government. With the necessary 226 votes, 352 deputies voted for this decision, 85 against, and there were no abstentions. Changes are being made to the law on the electoral rights of citizens, on presidential elections, and on elections of deputies to the State Duma.

On June 9, 2006, in St. Petersburg, near the Astoria Hotel, where the National Bestseller literary award ceremony was held, a rally was held, the participants of which protested against the chairman of the National Bestseller jury, Eduard Limonov. About 15 people were detained. The rally was attended by about 100 people - representatives of the organizations "First Frontier" (Pskov), "Young Russia" (Moscow), the Young Guard of United Russia (presumably also from Moscow).

On June 9, 2006, a message appeared that linguistic expertise did not see calls for extremism in the materials of the Bashkir newspaper "Provincial News" (editor-in-chief - Viktor Shmakov ). The examination was carried out on the basis of a court order of April 30, 2006 No. According to V. Shmakov's wife Lyudmila, the investigators "remained dissatisfied" with its results and intend to seek the appointment of a new check.

On June 9, 2006, the regional branch of the Rodina party in the Oryol region spread a message about a pressure campaign launched against members of the party. Employees of the Federal Registration Service of the Russian Federation for the Oryol Region called many "Rodiners" and offered to write statements stating that they allegedly did not participate in general meetings and conferences.

On the night of June 6, on the outskirts of the Ignatovsky cemetery of Yaroslavl, crosses were broken and gravestones were torn out. 11 monuments were damaged. The police launched an investigation. Two versions are being considered. It is possible that in this way the "number of the beast" (06/06/2006) was noted by local Satanists. It is also possible that the pogrom was the result of domestic drunkenness.

On June 8, 2006, the question of the third term of V. Putin's presidency was raised again. The head of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, Alexander Veshnyakov, said that Vladimir Putin cannot be nominated for the post of President of the Russian Federation in 2008, since this is prohibited by the Constitution, but he has the right to be elected to this post in 2012. "There are no legal obstacles to this, " - said A. Veshnyakov.

On June 9, 2006, preliminary hearings on the case of the Grozny-Moscow train bombing were held at the Moscow Regional Court. Hearings, according to the law, were held behind closed doors. According to the lawyer Valery Prilepsky, the defendants Vladimir Vlasov and Mikhail Klevachev ask to consider their case by jury, and the lawyers - to change their client's preventive measure from arrest to any other, not related to deprivation of liberty.

June 8, 2006 at the main building of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov, an alternative press conference of representatives of youth and student organizations was to be held, dedicated to the issues of education reform and the autonomy of universities (timed to coincide with the beginning of the Congress of Russian Rectors). Before the start of the rally, the police detained most of its organizers under the pretext of checking documents.

On June 9, 2006, the Nizhny Novgorod District Court delivered a verdict in the case of the beating of Zaaluni Salah Ben Amar, a student from Tunisia. Two underage teenagers - students of the Nizhny Novgorod Commercial College, who attacked a foreigner in the city center in December 2005, were convicted and found guilty of attacking an African motivated by national hatred. Sources Offenders of a foreign student punished // TRC "Nizhny Novgorod". 2006. June 9.

On June 7, 2006, journalists were detained in Volgograd while conducting an independent investigation into the case of the arrested mayor of Volgograd, Evgeniy Ishchenko. Gennady Nikolaev, Yulia Yanbaeva and Elena Volkovskaya were detained by prosecutors in the city administration building, where they came after covering two rallies of supporters and opponents of the local authorities. Lawyers were not allowed to see them, the latter being told that journalists do not need lawyers.

On the night of June 8-9, 2006 in Vladimir on the wall of the house N 3 on the street. Georgiyevskaya Street was painted with black paint and the inscription "Glory to Russia" and a swastika. A nearby trash can had a Star of David painted in the same paint and the words "This is Here". The publishing house of the weekly "Tomix.

On June 8, the State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building recommended that the bill "On Personal Data" be adopted in the second reading. The bill assumes that the processing of personal data will be carried out with the consent of the person.