On October 17, 2006, Shavel Bidzhamov, an activist of the Assyrian youth movement, was beaten up in a subway car between Frunzenskaya and Sportivnaya stations in Moscow. Around 19:00 h. shouting at him "Russia is for the Russians!" attacked by eight skinheads. The victim is currently in the hospital. Nikolai Yukhanov, a member of the Moscow Assyrian society Hayadta, reported the attack. According to him, the attackers could be skinheads or football fans.

October 20, 2006 in St. Petersburg in the atrium of the Commandant's House of the Peter and Paul Fortress opened the exhibition "Common Ground. Different people: how similar they are. "Common Ground" is a photo exhibition illustrating various aspects of Muslim life in the UK, the relationship between British Muslim and non-Muslim populations. The exhibition in St. Petersburg presents one hundred of the best works of professional photographers from St.

The authorities of Kostroma have not yet resolved the issue of building a mosque. In the summer, officials offered the community to transfer the construction to another land plot, but the Muslims refused: 12.6 million rubles had already been invested in the construction. Since then, the authorities have not given permission for the continuation of construction and have not resolved the issue of transferring.

On October 20, 2006, the Moscow Assyrian society "Hayadta" distributed in the media an Appeal of the Assyrians of Russia addressed to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika in connection with the attack on the activist of the Assyrian movement Shavel Bidzhamov. The Appeal contains a request to the Prosecutor General's Office to assist in the investigation of the criminal case and monitor its progress.

On October 19, the court of the Leninsky district of Ulyanovsk convicted Vladimir Vostryagov, a resident of the city. He was sentenced to one and a half years in prison conditionally for inciting ethnic and religious hatred.

On October 18, 2006, a 39-year-old Armenian citizen was attacked at the entrance of a residential building in Chugunov Street in Nizhny Novgorod. He was severely beaten by unknown persons and received several stab wounds to the chest. The victim is in intensive care. According to the police department, the victim was found to have a certificate of registration in Nizhny Novgorod (in the Sherbinka microdistrict), a passport and an insurance policy. Motives for the crime are still unknown.

The prosecutor's office of the Saratov region, at the request of Vice-Governor Alexander Babichev, conducted an audit on two publications of the newspaper "Saratovsky View" - "Offshore for Criminals" and "Offshore for Criminals-2" for the presence of a crime under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred).

Movements "People's Cathedral", the Union of Orthodox banner-bearers, the Union of Orthodox citizens and "Bastion" issued a joint statement refusing to participate in the "Russian March" on November 4. Fundamental differences with other organizers of the "Russian March" were named as the reason for the refusal.

The company "Petroholod Food Technologies" presented the trade mark "Orthodox Rus" in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra (St. Petersburg). Marketers believe that consumers will be more willing to buy a product, knowing that part of the funds will go to the restoration of temples and monasteries.

We are publishing the Cassation Ruling of the Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated July 19, 2006 in the case against three Kostroma skinheads who attacked two Vietnamese citizens in the fall of 2004. It should be reminded that the case was considered in court twice (in August 2005 and April 2006 ). Appeals were lodged against him twice. After the first one, in February 2006, the case was returned for reconsideration.

Deputies of the State Duma in the final reading adopted a law that changes the norm of the Tax Code on products for religious purposes. Now, when selling religious literature and religious items, not only religious organizations that produce such products, but also religious organizations that sell them are exempt from VAT. On October 27, the law was approved by the Federation Council.

On October 20, 2006, the State Duma adopted in the first reading amendments to the Criminal (CC) and Administrative (CAO) codes, providing for tougher criminal and administrative liability for vandalism and the production and sale of Nazi symbols and paraphernalia. Let us recall that the bill on amendments was proposed by the Government in April 2006.