Portal-Credo.ru publishes a letter dated August 14 from ministers of the Moscow Church of Evangelical Christian Baptists P.D. Peters and A.A. Kalyashin to President Putin. “We note with regret,” the letter says, “that in recent years, the gradual restriction of religious freedom and the formation of a negative image of “sects” have purposefully and significantly changed public opinion in relation to the believers of the ECB.

On October 29, 2006, a "March Against Hate" took place in St. Petersburg. The action was attended by from 300 to 600 people, among them activists of the parties "Yabloko", SPS, the Republican Party, the United Civil Front (UCF), human rights activists, members of the movement "For Russia without racism", anarchists, activists of the AKM, members of the public organization "Memorial "and others. The march was agreed with the city authorities.

On October 27, an agreement on cooperation was signed between the Ministry of Social Protection of Tatarstan, the republican DUM and the Kazan diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. As Pravoslavie.ru reports with a link to the website of the diocese, “the subject of the Agreement is spiritual service from the Kazan diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Republic of Tatarstan for elderly and disabled citizens.

On October 29, 2006, at about 19:00, another attack was made on a mosque in Vladimir. Unidentified persons threw stones and bottles into the window of a Muslim temple. Since it was not Molotov cocktails this time, there was no fire. website for details. See also the Religion in a Secular Society Sources Mosque in Vladimir attacked again // Regions.Ru. 2006. October 30.

The Magistrate's Court of Gorno-Altaisk District No. 4 found Lazar Aildashev and Oleg Yzhikov, residents of the Altai village of Karakol, guilty of insulting the feelings of believers.

On October 28, a picket against the celebration of Halloween was held in Novopushkinsky Square in the center of Moscow, organized by the Georgievtsy youth Orthodox movement. Several dozen people took part in the action. According to Interfax-religion, "the picketers were holding a poster with a pumpkin painted on it - a symbol of this holiday, crossed out with a red line.

On October 29, 2006 at about 4:00 pm in St. Petersburg, skinheads attacked participants in the "March Against Hate" . First, information was received about an attack on a member of the DSPA (Pyotr Alekseev Resistance Movement). Later, in the lobby of the Nevsky Prospekt metro station, about fifteen skinheads attacked three anarchists and anti-fascists, marchers. Sources Kosinova T. Attacks of neo-Nazis on the participants of the March // Human Rights in Russia. 2006. October 30. *

In Voronezh, on the night of October 26-27, unknown assailants doused gasoline and set fire to the front door of the House of Prayer of the 2nd Evangelical Christian-Baptist Church. At that moment, a prayer vigil of a group of sisters was taking place in the room, who rushed to put out the fire. As a result of the fire, the facade of the building was damaged, in particular, the glass in the windows above the entrance burst. Firefighters arrived at the scene and confirmed the arson.

On the evening of October 29, vandals again attacked a mosque in Vladimir. "The attack took place at about seven o'clock in the evening," was quoted as saying by Regions.Ru Ali Yusipov, an activist of the city's Muslim community, . "Pebbles and bottles were thrown into the window of the Muslim temple." Since it was not Molotov cocktails this time, there was no fire. Sources Mosque in Vladimir attacked again // Regions.Ru. 2006. October 30.

The October issue of the "Russian Review" of the Keston Institute published an article by Sergei Filatov "Christian religious communities in Russia as a subject of civil society" (previously this text was published in the journal "Otechestvennye zapiski", 2005, N 6). The author examines the features of the communal life of the parishioners of the Russian Orthodox Church (which has received the most attention), Old Believers, Baptists, Pentecostals, and Catholics.

On October 27, 2006, a round table on the topic "We are Russians!" was held in Kaluga, initiated by the public organization "Kaluga Interethnic Conference". The purpose and objective of the event is to develop joint programs for the interaction of national public associations with state authorities and law enforcement agencies in solving interethnic problems and achieving interethnic harmony.