Archbishop of Ryazan and Kasimov Pavel (Ponomarev) addressed the head of Ryazan, Semyon Sazonov, on the eve of public hearings on the master plan for the development of the city.

We are publishing the indictment in the case of Boris Stomakhin, editor of the Radical Politics bulletin, whose trial began on September 19, 2006 in Moscow's Butyrsky Court. The document is reproduced based on materials from the site "Boris Stomakhin must be free" .

On September 26, the rector of the Samara community of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church was presented with the resolution of the head of Samara, G.S. the return of the temple The Old Believers sought for several years. On November 8, the rector of the Samara community of the Russian Orthodox Church, Fr. Dimitry Martyshin received a certificate of ownership for the temple building.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Mikhail Kamynin, commented on the report of the US State Department on the observance of religious freedoms. According to the diplomat, the part concerning Russia is erroneous and the claims are unfounded.

On September 26, 2006, lawyers for Alexander Koptsev, accused of attacking the parishioners of a Moscow synagogue, appealed to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation against the guilty verdict handed down by the Moscow City Court on September 15. The defenders are asking to remove the charges against A. Koptsev under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred), as well as to reclassify the charge from Art. 30 st.

The Tagansky Court of Moscow returned the case of Grigory Grabovoy to the prosecutor's office to eliminate the violations committed in the indictment. The prosecutor's office has the right, within five days after the announcement of the court decision, to eliminate shortcomings in the indictment or to appeal the court decision. On October 6, Gazeta.Ru, citing Interfax, reported that the Moscow prosecutor's office appealed the decision of the Tagansky Court to the Moscow City Court.

On September 26, the RIA Novosti press center hosted a round table on the topic “Fundamentals of Orthodox culture: pros and cons.” The participants were the author of the textbook “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture” Alla Borodina, representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Council of Muftis of Russia, journalists, employees of the Ministry of Education and Science, and legal experts.

On September 26, 2006, the portal "Grani.Ru" published an article by Galina Kozhevnikova "How do we destroy Russia" dedicated to the problem of denying Russian citizenship on ethnic and territorial grounds in the Russian media space. The article reflects a trend that was identified during the implementation of the Hate Speech in Russian Media project two years ago, but has significantly worsened in recent years.