Surgut Orthodox have collected over 2,000 signatures against the construction of a Catholic cathedral in the city, NewsProm.Ru reports with reference to SIA-Press. The decision on the allocation of land by the administration has not yet been made, although in early August the issue was discussed at public hearings. Rector of the Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Fr.

On September 14, 2006, the Prosecutor's Office of Karelia charged a resident of Kondopoga Sergey Mozgalev , who, according to investigators, provoked a conflict with the bartender of the Chaika restaurant on the night of August 30, which became the reason for a mass brawl that resulted in casualties (two people died) and mass unrest and pogroms in the city. S. Mozgalev, who had just been released from places of deprivation of liberty, was charged by the prosecutor's office under Art.

On September 12, 2006, members of the Belgorod National Corps (BNK) skin group were sentenced in Belgorod in the case of the beating of the Nikolaenko family (motivated by national hatred) in August 2005. A total of 11 skinheads were convicted, including several minors. The organizers of the crime (Maxim Sharov, A. Petrov, I. Sutula) were sentenced to 5 years, 4 and 3 (according to other sources - also 4) years in prison, respectively. Ordinary participants (A. Usenko, A. Sirogitan, D.

In the Murmansk region, an interdepartmental commission has been set up at the regional level to prevent interethnic and interfaith tension and discord. The commission was headed by Governor Yury Evdokimov. Similar commissions are supposed to be created in each municipality. According to the governor, the task of the commission is to prevent the emergence of inter-ethnic tension through preventive measures.

The prosecutor's office of the Voronezh region sent a cassation presentation to the Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in the case of the murder of Peruvian student Angelis Hurtado Enrique. Noting that the court rightly recognized the presence in the actions of the main defendant I. Pavlyuk of the motive of national hatred, the prosecutor's office asks to cancel the verdict due to its excessive leniency.

In September 2006, it became known that the Tver District Prosecutor's Office of Moscow again refused to initiate a criminal case against the well-known right-wing radicals A. Ivanov-Sukharevsky and V. Korchagin, who organized an anti-Semitic rally in the center of Moscow in May 2005 and spoke at it with extremist appeals and anti-Semitic statements.

On September 13, 2006 in Moscow, in the lobby of the Arbatskaya metro station, a group of skinheads held a fascist action (possibly a procession). Teenagers gave fascist salutes and shouted "Sieg Heil!". The details of the action are unknown. Dmitry Ermolaev, editor of the CIS and Eastern Europe department of the federal weekly Rossiyskiye Vesti, who witnessed the action, tried to reprimand the young Nazis and was severely beaten.