On October 10, 2006, 6 suspects were detained in Tver in a case of vandalism at cemeteries. All six turned out to be members of the extremist organization Russian National Unity (RNU) and have already confessed to their deed. Among the detainees is the leader of the group, who during the preliminary investigative actions confessed to committing two murders and a number of robberies against citizens.

On October 10, 2006, the SOVA Center took part in discussions on freedom of conscience at the annual meeting of the OSCE on the human dimension in Warsaw.

On October 9, 2006, the head of the Ivanovo Jewish community, Erwin Kirshtein, sent a letter to the governor and the head of the regional police department "in connection with anti-Semitic manifestations that no one pays attention to .

*The SOVA Center took part in the annual meeting of the OSCE on the human dimension in Warsaw. Galina Kozhevnikova, a representative of the SOVA Center, spoke at the prenary session of the Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Conference on October 11, 2006. The English text of the joint statement of the International Helsinki Federation and our center, which is discussed in the speech, we will publish in the coming days on the English page of our website*.

On September 26, 2006, the prosecutor's office of the Zheleznodorozhny district of Ryazan issued a warning to O.V. Panfilov on the inadmissibility of extremist activities. It was explained to the leader of the national-patriotic organization that in the event of further extremist activities, RGOPO "RNE" "may be liquidated in court" (Letter No. 7/21-612-06 of 28.09.2006).

In mid-September, the Rostov Museum of Modern Art opened the exhibition "Art or Death", which, among others, presented paintings by Alexander Sigutin on religious themes. The series "The Life of Remarkable People", created in collaboration with Vladimir Anselm, includes two-layer paintings - wide strokes of paint are superimposed on the canonical images of saints. These pictures caused indignation among believers. During an interview with A.

On October 5-6, within the framework of a joint project with the British non-governmental organization "European Human Rights Advocacy Center" (EHRAC), a seminar "Protection of the right to freedom of conscience in the European Court of Human Rights" was held at the Slavic Legal Center. The participants were experts in the field of protection of human rights and freedom of conscience.

in Moscow on suspicion of murdering a native of Kyrgyzstan, A. Anarbaev. On October 11, 2006 , two residents of Moscow, born in 1987 and 1988, were detained They are charged with murder. Briefly // Nezavisimaya Gazeta. 2006. October 12.

On the night of September 30, unidentified persons desecrated more than 30 graves at the Muslim cemetery in Kostroma. Swastikas were applied to some monuments with black paint. On October 1, a criminal case was initiated on the fact of vandalism under Article 244 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "desecration of the bodies of the dead and their burial places." Sources More than 30 Muslim graves desecrated in Kostroma // IA REGNUM. 2006. October 10.

On the night of September 30, 2006, more than 30 monuments were destroyed and desecrated at the Muslim Tatar cemetery in Kostroma. On some of them - fascist symbols were applied with black paint. On this fact, on October 1, the investigative department of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Central District of Kostroma initiated a criminal case under Article 244 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (desecration of burial places). Sources Kharitonov O., Degtyarev S.

On October 10, speaking at a round table in the State Duma, Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov, head of the MP Synodal Department for Relations with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies, called the assertion that Russia is a multinational and multi-confessional country one of the "myths that have no scientific basis" ". "UNESCO believes that if 60% of the inhabitants represent one ethnic group, then this is a mono-ethnic country.

Priest Igor Sheverdin was elected head of the village of Ladovskaya Balka in the Stavropol Territory for 26 years. After that, the ruling bishop banned him from the priesthood. “According to church canons, a priest cannot be a lay leader,” commented the press secretary of the diocese, Yevgeny Bronsky, commenting on this decision. Sources Gritchin N. Father won the election. And this is a sin! // News. 2006. October 10.

In early October 2006, the prosecutor's office of St. Petersburg charged the previously detained suspects in the case of the murder of anti-fascist Timur Kacharava and the attempted murder of Maxim Zgibai. During the investigation, 8 people were detained, involved in the crime, three of them are minors. They were charged under paragraph "a" part 2 of Art.