In the course of the IV All-Russian gathering of military clergy, Metropolitan Kirill (Gundyaev) of Smolensk and Kaliningrad called for an amendment to the legislation governing relations between the state and "traditional" confessions. "Today, the relationship between the Church and the state largely depends on the enthusiasm and personal qualities of civil servants, including commanders of military units.

On June 21, 2006, the Narimanov District Court of the Astrakhan Region issued a second sentence to local businessman Mansur Shangareev. He was convicted under part 2, clause "a" of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity"). Earlier, M. Shangareev was found guilty of possession of ammunition and drugs. Recall that the criminal case under Art.

On June 29, 2006, it became known that the natives of Azerbaijan, who lived in the Trans-Baikal village of Kharagun , were going to leave it. Most of the Azerbaijanis who suffered from the pogrom are still in the region, they are preparing documents and are going to leave for the Caucasus. In total, 89 Azerbaijanis permanently lived in Kharagun. Currently, only Musa Akar-Ogly Mammadov is in the village. M.

On June 28, the top leadership of the Buddhists of Buryatia, Kalmykia and Tuva sent an open letter to V. Putin with a request to provide a Russian visa to the XIV Dalai Lama for participation in the World Interreligious Summit in Moscow, as well as for a missionary trip to Elista from July 3 to 10.

On June 28, the Narimanov District Court of the Astrakhan Region passed a sentence on Mansur Shangareev. The defendant was found guilty of "inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity" (paragraph "a", part 2, article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Earlier, M. Shangareev was found guilty of possession of ammunition and drugs. Thus, the court again upheld the charge, sentencing M. Shangareev to two years in a colony-settlement.

Russian human rights activists and experts have repeatedly expressed their concerns about the 2002 Law on Combating Extremist Activity, which combines an overly broad definition of "extremism" with overly harsh sanctions against people, organizations and the media. The rigidity of the law has not made enforcement more effective, but over the past four years, anti-extremist legislation has increasingly been applied to manifestly unlawful restrictions on civil rights.

On June 27, the United Russia website reprinted an article from Komsomolskaya Pravda aimed at discrediting the Russian Anti-Fascist Front created on June 22, as well as all critics of the "state" anti-fascist initiatives.

I'm not afraid of Russians, I'm rather afraid of lack of culture and darkness. It is the dark, uneducated part of any nation that becomes the main base for the favorable development of Nazi ideas . On June 26, in Syktyvkar, a regular session of the federal court was held in the case of Yu. Ekishev , accused under Article 282 - inciting ethnic hatred.

On June 28, an employee of the Moscow Mayor's Office demanded that a representative of the Moscow Central Church "Emmanuel" stop the one-man picket on Tverskaya Street and remove the car. At the same time, an employee of the mayor's office used profanity and threatened with reprisals. His behavior only changed when he discovered that audio and video recordings were being made. The picketer refused to remove the car and stop the protest.

The negotiating commissions of the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Church Abroad reached an agreement on all issues of the Act on the Restoration of Canonical Communion. The three-day negotiations of the commissions ended on 28 June. According to the secretary of the MP commission, Archpriest Nikolai Balashov, the decisions of the commissions will be submitted for consideration by the Synods of both churches in July (ROC) and September (ROCOR).

The Federal Registration Service for the Novosibirsk Region has revealed violations in the activities of the Word of Life Church of Christians of the Evangelical Faith. The audit confirmed “the fact that religious events have been held in military units of the Novosibirsk garrison since 2003, which is not provided for by the organization’s charter.” A written notice was sent to Novosibirsk Pentecostals indicating the violations and recommendations for eliminating them.

In June 2006, a trial began of young people who attacked ethnic Armenians in the Kaliningrad region. The defendants - Vladimir Podtoptanny, citizens of Lithuania Alexander Krupitsky (a student of KSTU) and his brother Denis Krupitsky - were charged under paragraph 4 of Article 111 ("intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm resulting in death"), Article 112 ("intentional infliction of medium severity of injury).