November 13, 2006 in St. Petersburg, near the metro station pl. Uprising, the head of the St. Petersburg branch of the Slavic Union Dmitry Mikhailov and several activists of this organization were detained. The reasons for the detention are unknown. Based on materials from right-wing radical sites.

On November 15, 2006, the Moscow Regional Court sentenced Yury Kovalyov, a former RNE member, to 6 years' imprisonment in a penal colony. He was found guilty of intimidating witnesses at the Blokhin-Konovalenko trial and of resisting FSB officers. Y. Kovalev also took part in organizing pickets in defense of Blokhin and Konovalenko.

On October 5, 2006 in Perm, the Center for Interethnic Cooperation held a training "Tolerance as an aspect of the formation of the youth environment." The main part of the organizational work was undertaken by the activists of the Perm branch of the Volunteer Movement organization. The training was ordered by the administration of the Perm Territory. A total of 54 people participated in the event.

The Institute for Public Design presented the results of the sociological study "Real Russia", one of the sections of which was devoted to the role of religion in modern society. As part of the study, 15 thousand respondents were interviewed. In response to the question "What religion do you profess?", 62% of the respondents identified themselves as Orthodox, about 8% as Muslims, 15% identified themselves as atheists.

On November 15, 2006, during the “Government Hour” in the State Duma, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Rashid Nurgaliev, Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Lebedev spoke on the topic “Combating crimes related to extremism and crimes motivated by national hatred” . Statistics of such crimes were announced. Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yu.

Speaking at a meeting of the State Duma, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Rashid Nurgaliyev said that over the past year more than 370 emissaries of the international organizations Hizb ut-Tahrir and the Islamic Movement of Turkestan have been extradited from Russia.

In the fall of 2006, a Vietnamese student was attacked at one of the pedestrian crossings in the Primorsky District in St. Petersburg. A young man standing at a pedestrian crossing was approached from behind by two Nazi skinheads armed with bats, hit him several times on the head and fled the scene. A native of Vietnam lost consciousness, his comrades ran up and carried him to the hostel. The next day he was hospitalized with a broken jaw and a slight concussion.

In 2006 (possibly in 2005) at about 21:00 in St. Petersburg, Nazi skinheads armed with bats and wearing heavy black boots attacked two students from Vietnam in a subway car in St. Petersburg. Five attackers entered the carriage at the Moskovskiye Vorota station and started beating the natives of Vietnam. The rest of the train passengers ran away and watched what was happening. The attackers got off at the next station. One of the Vietnamese was seriously injured, the second suffered less.

Rector of the Institute for Educational Policy Problems: Eureka; Alexander Adamsky commented on the introduction of the subject “Orthodox Culture” in schools in the Belgorod region. According to A.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg accepted for consideration the complaint of Astrakhan Muslims against the decision to demolish the mosque. Recall that the Sovetsky District Court of Astrakhan decided to demolish mosque No. 34. Then this decision was confirmed by the city's regional court and the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Sources In Strasbourg, they took into consideration the case of the Astrakhan mosque sentenced to demolition // Islam.ru. 2006. November 14.

On November 15, 2006, the State Duma adopted “anti-extremist” amendments to the electoral legislation in the second reading. The amendments are aimed at “strengthening the responsibility of candidates and electoral associations for violating the legislation on countering extremist activities.” A new basis is being introduced for refusing to register a candidate or party list (or canceling registration).

Anatoly Pchelintsev, co-chairman of the Slavic Legal Center and editor-in-chief of the Religion and Law journal, analyzes the attitude of the Russian authorities towards Islam. “In the eyes of government officials and law enforcement officers, Islam is not a religion, but a historically established ideology,” says A. Pchelintsev.

On October 13, 2006, in Moscow on Bolotnaya Square, near the monument to M. Shemyakin "Children - Victims of Adult Vices", an action was held in memory of Timur Kacharava, who was killed in St. Petersburg on November 13, 2005. Participants of the action put photos of the deceased, laid flowers and lit 20 candles. "We want to remind this society of its vices, whose victims were our friends Timur and Sasha and hundreds of talented and just good people.

On November 15, 2006, during the “Government Hour” in the State Duma, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika and Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Rashid Nurgaliev spoke with proposals for measures to combat crimes related to manifestations of extremism, as well as those motivated by national hatred.