On July 3, 2006 in Moscow, within the framework of the international forum of non-governmental organizations "Civil G8 - 2006", four round tables were held on various aspects of human rights observance in the world. We are publishing the recommendations of the round table "Migration, xenophobia and racial discrimination", chaired by Svetlana Gannushkina and Alexander Verkhovsky. (Recommendations from all roundtables can be found here ). The recommendations were finalized on July 4, 2006.

At the exhibition "With Faith, Hope, Love in the Third Millennium", which opened at the All-Russian Exhibition Center in Moscow, a group of visitors, representatives of the Orthodox-patriotic community, attacked the participants of the Jewish exposition. The fight took place during the demonstration of a video filmed by Jewish public organizations. Orthodox patriots pounced on the Jews, shouting: "The Jews have killed our king!" Security was called to the scene.

On July 5, 2006, an anti-Semitic incident took place in Moscow at the exhibition "With Faith, Hope, Love in the Third Millennium" held at the All-Russian Exhibition Center. Representatives of the Orthodox-patriotic community (two strong men and about a dozen middle-aged women) attacked the participants in the Jewish stand exposition, shouting "the Jews have killed our king!" . This happened during the demonstration of a video film made by Jewish public organizations.

On July 4, the Council of the State Duma appointed the second reading on the amendment , which sharply expands the concept of "extremism", for July 7. The legal department of the Duma did not submit significant criticisms. Amendments to the bill are also not submitted. Therefore, it can be assumed that the bill will be adopted immediately in the third reading, so that the law will be amended before the fall. Sources Conclusion of the Legal Department of the State Duma //

On July 5, 2006, it became known about the appearance in Urai (Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug) in several entrances of residential buildings of leaflets "inciting ethnic conflicts" . A criminal case was opened on the distribution of leaflets in Uray. This was reported by the press service of the city administration.

In the Chuvash village of Shygyrdan, six Muslim preachers from Tatarstan were detained by the police at the request of the local mufti. By this time, the preachers had already visited several villages in the republic. In the village of Shygyrdan, the headquarters of the chairman of the DUM of the Chuvash Republic, Albir Krganov (part of the TsDUM), is located. The mufti declared the preachers to be Wahhabis and appealed to law enforcement agencies.

On July 5, 2006, the Tverskoy Court of Moscow began hearing on the merits of the criminal case against Vitaly Golikov and Vyacheslav Barketov, who attacked NTV producer Elkhan Mirzoev. On the same day, the judicial investigation of the case was completed.

The editor-in-chief of the magazine "Religion and Law", co-chairman of the Slavic Legal Center Anatoly Pchelintsev, in an interview with NG-Religions, commented on the situation with respect for the principle of freedom of conscience in the Russian army. A. Pchelintsev believes that “the majority of Russian military personnel are generally non-believers,” therefore the state should treat the activities of religious organizations in the army with caution.

On the fact of the explosion of a mosque in Yakhroma, a criminal case was initiated under Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("hooliganism"). The investigation is conducted by employees of the Dmitrovsky Department of Internal Affairs. Elena Rossokhina, senior assistant to the prosecutor of the Moscow region, said that "there are no grounds yet to say that the crime could have been committed motivated by ethnic or religious hatred.

On July 3, 2006 in Moscow, within the framework of the international forum of non-governmental organizations "Civil G8 - 2006", four round tables were held on various aspects of human rights observance in the world: "Non-Governmental Organizations and States: Legislation and Practice"; "Counteracting Terrorism, Armed Conflicts and Human Rights"; "Civilian control over law enforcement agencies"; "Migration, xenophobia, racial discrimination"; The round tables were attended by representatives of

The centralized Buddhist organization "Association of Buddhists of Kalmykia" sent a letter to the Commission on Human Rights of the Russian Federation with a request to help Russian Buddhists in upholding the right to communicate with their spiritual leader. The letter reads in part: “The Buddhists of Kalmykia, as well as the Buddhists of the Russian Federation as a whole, continue to place great hopes on the visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Russia in July 2006.