In the Belgorod region, parents are forced to pay for refusing to teach their children “The Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture”
On December 18, 2006, a commission from the Department of Education of the Belgorod Region visited a school in the Shebekinsky District, where "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture" are taught on a mandatory basis. The commission included Lyubov Shipilova, Secretary of the Education Department of the Belgorod Region, and Olga Kalashnikova, Deputy Head of the Education Department.