In early June 2006, the commander of a Russian plane flying from Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt) to Moscow refused to let 5 Muslims, citizens of Russia, on board the plane. The aircraft commander expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that 3 women who were landing were wearing hijabs. "The commander contacted the airline and the airport security service. In a conversation, he expressed concern about the appearance of five passengers - three women in veils and two men.

On June 15, 2006, the Kirovsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don ruled that Vadim Domnitsky, accused of hooliganism in a synagogue and threatening to kill, was subjected to compulsory treatment in a specialized hospital. The court found V. Domnitsky guilty of committing a crime under Art. 119 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“threat to kill or cause grievous bodily harm”), but did not see in his actions signs of a crime under Part 2 of Art.

On June 13, 2006, the State Duma of the Russian Federation received a bill prepared by representatives of the United Russia, Motherland and LDPR factions, which provides for the cancellation of registration of candidates for elections at all levels if they made statements of an extremist or nationalist nature, including prior to its official registration by the electoral commission.

On June 15, 2006, the St. Petersburg prosecutor's office opened a criminal case on the fact of anti-Semitic publications in the newspaper Rus Pravoslavnaya back. Jewish fascism and the genocide of the Russian people". "The criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code after receiving an examination carried out on publications in the Rus Pravoslavnaya newspaper ," the prosecutor's office said.

In early June, the crew commander of a Russian plane flying from Sharm el-Sheikh to Moscow refused to let five Muslim citizens of Russia on board. The pilot was dissatisfied with the appearance of the passengers - two men and three women dressed in hijabs. They were taken off the flight and sent to Russia by the same airline a day later. At the request of the commander, all their luggage was once again checked by cynologists and police officers.

Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, deputy head of the DECR, considers the report of Umar Idrisov, mufti of the Nizhny Novgorod region, characterizing Orthodox-Muslim relations and the confessional policy of the state, provocative.

In the town of Chusovoi, Perm Territory, unidentified persons damaged 13 tombstones at a Muslim cemetery. Commemorative plaques made of non-ferrous metal were removed from three of them. The caretaker of the cemetery reported the incident. A criminal case has been initiated under Art. 214 of the Criminal Code (vandalism). Sources Vandals damaged tombstones at a Muslim cemetery in the Perm Territory // Interfax-religion. 2006. June 15.

On June 14, during a meeting of the organizing committee for the preparations for the international forum "Dialogue of Cultures and Interfaith Cooperation" in Nizhny Novgorod, the head of the Nizhny Novgorod Spiritual Administration of Muslims, Umar Idrisov, made a sharp report on Orthodox-Islamic dialogue and state-confessional relations .

On June 15, 2006, the court of the Sormovsky district of Nizhny Novgorod began considering a criminal case on the murder of an Armenian (according to other sources, an Azerbaijani) Tomaz Amaryan on nationalist grounds in September 2005. 18-year-old Alexander Boytsov was charged with committing crimes under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("incitement of national, racial or religious hatred") and part 1 of Art.

Archbishop Nikon (Vasyukov) of Ufa and Sterlitamak addressed the State Assembly of Bashkiria with a proposal to introduce a legislative ban on advertising abortions in the media. The reason for the statement was the placement in the media of an advertisement for one of the medical centers in Ufa, offering medical abortion.

On June 15, 2006, the Dorogomilovsky Court of Moscow sentenced two Muscovites accused of attacking the Chechen singer Liza Umarova and her son in September 2005. The court found the accused guilty of inciting national hatred and enmity. According to the court verdict, Alexey Petrenko was sentenced to one year in prison, Sergei Bagrov - nine months in prison. According to Bagrov's lawyer, on June 16, 2006, he should be released from the pre-trial detention center.

On June 13, 2006, in the Ryazan region, the prosecutor's office opened a criminal case on. Part 1 Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, part 3 of article 30 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in relation to Yuri Oleinikov, a member of the right-wing radical neo-pagan movement "Spiritual and Tribal Power" Rus ".

In July 2006, in Murmansk, anti-Semitic inscriptions were found on the walls of the office of the Jewish charitable center "Shine of Hesed". Representatives of the center contacted the police. However, it was not possible to find the authors of the messages, and they did not initiate a criminal case due to the absence of a crime event. This became known from a message about anti-Semitic inscriptions on the building of the center in January 2007. Sources Golush I.

During the week, about 250 thousand pilgrims visited the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, where on June 7 the right hand of John the Baptist was brought from Montenegro. From June 12, 24-hour access to the shrine was opened, since earlier not everyone who had stood in line for many hours could get into the temple during the day. From June 16 to June 19, the right hand of John the Baptist was in Nizhny Novgorod, where 130 thousand people came to bow to her.

Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov said that the republic's clergy, who do not dare to openly oppose "Wahhabism", should renounce their priesthood.