A representative of the press service of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Krasnodar Territory said in an interview with a REGNUM correspondent that the police found the organizers of the pogrom at the cemetery of the village of Maryanskaya in October 2006. “During the investigation, it was found out that first-graders of the local school were engaged in vandalism,” said the press officer.

On November 9, 2006, in St. Petersburg, seven people beat up two employees of the presidential plenipotentiary representation in the Northwestern Federal District (27 and 36 years old) in front of the embassy building located on the 3rd line of Vasilevsky Island. Doctors recorded moderate beatings and numerous hematomas in the victims. Police detained two attackers, aged 18 and 16. The detainees were taken to the nearest police station. On this fact, a criminal case was initiated under Art.

In the fall of 2006, nationalists attacked a 16-year-old mulatto teenager in Ryazan with knives and iron bars. The details of the attack are unknown. The incident became known on November 6, 2006 from an article about the problems of mulattoes in Russia. Sources Petelin G., Kazantseva E. Non-native motherland // Spark. 2006. November 6-12.

November 9-16, 2006 in different cities of Russia are held annual actions dedicated to the day of struggle against fascism and anti-Semitism in different cities of Russia. Moscow. On November 9, 2006, the Center for Interethnic Cooperation held a press conference at the Independent Press Center on overcoming xenophobic attitudes in the country.

The speeches of Hegumen Filaret (Bulekov) and Alexander Kyrlezhev at the seminar “Moral foundations and evolution of the concept of human rights in a multicultural society” held in Strasbourg much more clearly presented the position of the Russian Orthodox Church in the debate about the concept of human rights. One can even say that these speeches, especially those of A.

In early November 2006, the prosecutor's office of the Prikubansky district of Krasnodar submitted to court the criminal case against Alexander Tyutchev, a 31-year-old local resident accused under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("inciting national, racial or religious hatred").

In the modern European cultural space, the idea of ​​the need to respect and protect human rights has become an axiom. Fundamental rights are fixed not only in international documents, but also in national constitutions. General courses on human rights are taught in educational institutions. Politicians, human rights activists, public and religious figures speak about human rights. The widest sections of the population are aware of the concept of human rights through the media.

One of the characteristic features of the current world situation is the activation of religions. This conclusion, which was once made by sociologists [1] , today, I think, no one raises serious objections. Another thing is that this activation of religion (sometimes they speak of a resurgent religion) takes place in different forms, depending on the specifics of the religion itself and the region in which it is spread.

portal On November 9 , the Interfax-religion , citing the Kaluga newspaper Znamya, reported that the buildings located on the territory where the Krestovsky Monastery used to stand would be transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church, and construction on this site would be stopped. (Recall that the construction of a house on the territory of the monastery was actively opposed by the Orthodox of Kaluga.

The Office of the Federal Registration Service for the Magadan Region and the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug has issued a warning to the Christian Center for Christians of the Evangelical Faith "Vozrozhdeniye" (the city of Anadyr). FRS officials accused the center of having its members educate children without a license to teach and use unlabeled teaching aids. Here is the text of the message from the press service of the Slavic Legal Center .

On November 8, 2006, the Saturn football club (Moscow region) addressed an open letter to the President of the Russian Football Union Vitaly Mutko and the President of the Russian Football Premier League Evgeniy Giner regarding manifestations of racism at stadiums. The team's statement accuses Spartak Moscow fans and players of facilitating racial discrimination.

More than forty tombstones were destroyed by unknown vandals at the cemetery of the village of Yuzhny in the Kemerovo region, REGNUM reported on November 3 , citing the Kuzbass FM radio station. Apparently, there were several perpetrators. An investigative group has been set up to investigate the incident. Sources Vandals destroyed several dozen monuments at a cemetery (Kemerovo region) // IA REGNUM. 2006. November 3rd. (With reference to the radio station "Kuzbass FM".)

On November 8, 2006, the Sovetsky District Court of Chelyabinsk convicted three members of the NBP without Limonov party (right-wing radical wing) who were accused of inciting ethnic hatred. All three defendants were sentenced to suspended sentences. Alexander Nazarov and Ivan Gerasimov were sentenced to 1.5 years of imprisonment on probation, Konstantin Ogoltsov - to one year of imprisonment on probation.

On November 8, 2006, in Ramenskoye (Moscow region), during the match “Spartak” - “Saturn”, Spartak fans accompanied the game of the black forward “Saturn” Baffour Gyan with racist hooting. The forward, hearing this once again, could not restrain himself and showed an indecent gesture to the fans. Spartak captain Yegor Titov demanded that the match referee show B. Gyan a yellow card, which was the second one for the African footballer. Thus, the Saturn player was sent off the field.

On November 7, 2006, at a meeting of the Moscow government, measures to improve the efficiency of the city hall’s actions in the field of interethnic relations were discussed. Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov admitted that these relations are deteriorating. “Over the past two years, we have increasingly had to make law enforcement and strong-willed decisions to combat xenophobia,” he said.