At the end of December 2006, it became known that the prosecutor of the Oktyabrsky district of the city issued a warning about the inadmissibility of violating Art. 13 of the Federal Law "On counteracting extremist activity" to the former head of the agitation and propaganda department of the RROPD "Russian Renaissance", the head of the Rostov city branch of the OPD "Russian National Unity" V. Grib.

The head of the Border Guard Service of the FSB of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Vladimir Pronichev, during a meeting with members of the Public Chamber, expressed concern that in some foreign madrasahs Russian citizens studying there are being trained for extremist activities. "Of course, we will oppose this," the general said. "We are not against studying, but then they are set up there against another faith and for aggressive, extremist actions," V. Pronichev explained.

On December 25, 2006, the Lenizdat.Ru portal published a selection of comments from journalists from the North-West region to the Moscow City Duma’s initiative to ban mentioning the ethnicity of characters in criminal chronicles.

On December 26, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church approved the proposals of the Moscow Patriarchate Commission for Dialogue with the Russian Church Abroad and the Russian Church Abroad Commission for Negotiations with the Moscow Patriarchate regarding the time, place and procedure for signing the “ Act on Canonical Communion.” The Synod also decided, taking into account the proposals formulated at the enlarged meeting of the ROCOR Synod of Bishops, to resolve all issues before the

On December 6, the Meshchansky Court of Moscow refused to satisfy the application of the Protestant pastor Sunday Adelaja, who challenged the actions of the Border Service of the FSB of the Russian Federation. During the court session, a representative of the FSB said that the FSB had come to the conclusion that it was undesirable for a Protestant pastor to stay in Russia. Based on subclause 1 clause 1 of Art.

Representatives of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia and the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims spoke in favor of developing a legal framework for introducing the institution of military clergy.

At the end of November 2006, leaflets under the heading "The Russians are coming!" , signed by the Rostov regional socio-political movement "Russian Renaissance". A decision was made to initiate a criminal case initiated under Part 1. Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The head of the local branch of the RNE received a warning about the inadmissibility of violating Art.

An agreement on indefinite cooperation was signed between the Administration of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Karelia and the Petrozavodsk Diocese. As part of a jointly developed program, Orthodox literature is distributed to prisoners, after studying it and passing tests, those who wish, after their release, can enter a theological seminary. Sources Karelian prisoners will remotely study "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture" // Interfax-religion. 2006. December 26.

December 24 in Argayash, Chelyabinsk region, a Christmas service was disrupted in the church of Christians of the Evangelical faith "Word of God". At 11 a.m., police and the Ministry of Emergency Situations began checking a house owned by the community, bought for worship. The inspectors found that the stove and the sauna were operated incorrectly, and there were also problems with the electrical wiring. In this regard, a protocol on an administrative offense was issued.

On December 25, 2006 in Yekaterinburg, at the Ural Mining and Geological University, under the motto "We are different, but we are together!", the first interethnic Christmas tree was held. The Christmas tree was held as part of the International New Year's Marathon. Students of 14 nationalities took part in the holiday, including Ossetians, Germans, Ukrainians, Jews, Bashkirs, Uzbeks, Mongols, Yakuts, Chechens, etc.

appeared on the wall of a house near the local FSB headquarters In mid-December 2006, in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Region, an image of a swastika and the inscription "Heil Hitler" . The Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia stated that the city's police knew about this, the drawing and the inscription were photographed by one of the employees. However, images from a week ago remain in place, they have not been painted over.

On December 25, 2006, the Yoshkar-Ola city court sentenced Vitaly Tanakov, who was charged under part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("inciting national and religious hatred"), to 120 hours of compulsory work. After reviewing the materials of the criminal case, the conclusions of the Commission Linguistic Expertise, after hearing witnesses from the defense and the prosecution, the Yoshkar-Ola City Court delivered a guilty verdict.

On the eve of the New Year and Christmas, conflicts began to arise between policemen and clergy and church workers. Police officers, whose duties include ensuring the security of places of worship, are not always aware of the rules of conduct there. So, for example, Orthodox clergy and church workers are outraged by the attempts of policemen and employees of private security to enter the temple in a headdress, bring in a service dog or conduct an inspection in the altar.

On December 25, 2006, the prosecutor of the Oktyabrsky district of Rostov-on-Don, on the fact of distribution of leaflets with nationalist content, issued a decision to initiate a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. An analysis of the text of the leaflet showed that the information contained in it is aimed at inciting national hatred or enmity.