the chapel on the night of September 16th In Novokuybyshevsk, children were detained who had destroyed . These are pupils of the boarding school, the eldest of whom was 15 years old, the youngest - 9. Only the eldest can be held criminally liable. The investigator said that earlier detainees ran away from the boarding school several times and committed petty thefts.

On October 5, 2006, the prosecutor's office of the Tver region combined into one proceeding the criminal cases on the fact of the destruction in early October 2006 of burial places in the old cemeteries in Dmitrovo-Cherkassy and Pervomaisky. Let us recall that on October 3, 2006, a criminal case was initiated on the fact of destruction at a cemetery near the village of Dmitrovo-Cherkassy, ​​Kalinin District, Tver Region, under paragraphs. "a", "b" part 2 of Art.

Having read with interest the "Appeal of Muslim leaders on the activities of the Director of the Institute of State-Confessional Relations Igor Ponkin" (hereinafter referred to as the Appeal), posted on the Internet site "Blagovest-info" and the Internet portal "Kredo-ru" on October 2, 2006.

The former abbess of the Marfo-Mariinsky Monastery, nun Elisaveta (Kryuchkova), who was relieved of this position in February, filed a lawsuit against Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus' for reinstatement, recovery of wages for the time of forced absenteeism and compensation for moral damage. On April 6, the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow rejected this claim, citing the separation of the Church from the state.

On August 21-22, 2006 in Anapa (Krasnodar Territory) the Center for Interethnic Cooperation held an interregional conference "Development of a network of ethnic associations to counter xenophobia in Russia". The conference was attended by representatives of NGOs and authorities from 12 regions of Russia, as well as international experts.

On October 5, 2006, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed decrees on the dismissal of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Karelia, Major General of Militia Dmitry Mikhailov and the head of the FSB Directorate for Karelia, Major General Alexei Dorofeev.

In early October 2006, it became known that in Novokuznetsk (Kemerovo region) a criminal case had been opened under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in relation to Valery Panaiotti, editor of the nationalist newspaper Slavyansky Mir, former head of the department of the Kemerovo regional organization Meeting of Officers. On May 1, 2006, he was detained at a trade union rally; nationalist leaflets and newspapers were confiscated from him during a personal search.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg upheld the lawsuit filed by the religious organization Salvation Army against Russia. Now the state must pay 10,000 euros in compensation to the Moscow branch of the Salvation Army, which the authorities have been trying to shut down since 2001.

On October 3, 2006 "Levada-Center" published the results of the traditional review "The Socio-Political Situation in Russia in September 2006". The review used the results of the polls "Courier" (1600 people, September 15-18 and September 22-25) and "Monitoring" (2100 people, September). In particular, the review touches upon the most important events of the summer-autumn of 2006 related to manifestations of xenophobia.