On January 9, 2007, the prosecutor's office of the Leninsky district of Yekaterinburg completed and submitted to the court the criminal case against 52-year-old lawyer Sergei Kotov, an activist of the People's National Party (PNP), accused under Part 1 of Art. 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“organization of an extremist community”) and Part 1 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“public calls for extremist activity”).

According to the Moscow police department, on the night of January 6-7, 118,000 people visited Moscow churches. About 6 thousand believers were at the Christmas service in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, about 5 thousand - in the Epiphany Cathedral, in the Assumption Church of the Novodevichy Convent - about 3.5 thousand, in the Church of All Saints on Sokol - about 1.5 thousand.

In September 2006, representatives of the New Generation Pentecostal Church rented a private house where, under an agreement with the owners, three members of the community were to live. Later, tenants placed a rehabilitation center for drug addicts there, which did not suit the owners of the house. In mid-November, one of the center's patients died of tuberculosis. This angered the residents of nearby houses.

On January 9, 2007, a criminal case against the former head of Roskompechat Boris Mironov, who is charged under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred). Recall that the reason for initiating the case was anti-Semitic propaganda during the election campaign in the Novosibirsk region at the end of 2003 (the issue of the scandalous "First Siberian Front" was paid from the fund of the candidate for the post of head of the regional administration B.

On January 6, 2007, in Balakhna, Nizhny Novgorod region, about 30 skinheads (according to other sources, 10-15) attacked natives of Azerbaijan who worked at the local market. Three people became victims of the attack, two of whom - 50-year-old Aleskhard Azizov and 35-year-old Elshar Huseynov - were taken to a local hospital in serious condition.

In December, Kamilzhan Kalandarov, head of the public human rights organization for Muslims, Al-Haq (Justice), announced his intention to open a network of Muslim prayer rooms in all Moscow markets. This initiative caused a discussion in the Muslim environment. Deputy Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia (CMR) Mansur Shakirov did not support this proposal.

During his visit to Odessa, President of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov spoke about interfaith relations in the republic. According to him, Orthodox, Buddhists and Muslims coexist peacefully on the territory of the republic. Representatives of "traditional" confessions became members of the Republican Council for Religious Affairs. "But sects cannot be on the territory of Kalmykia," said K. Ilyumzhinov.

On the night of January 7 in the village. Neivo-Shaitansky, Alapaevsky district, Sverdlovsk region, the rector of the church of Peter and Paul, priest Oleg Stupichkin, born in 1966, was killed. The criminals stole 21 icons from the church, including several from the 18th century. Arson was committed to cover up the crime.

January 5, 2007 at about 7 p.m. in the South-Western district of Moscow on Grimau Street, the body of a 31-year-old resident of Kalmykia was found. The cause of his death, according to forensic experts, was six stab wounds in the back. It is possible that the motive for the murder was national hatred. Sources In Moscow, unknown persons killed a resident of Kalmykia // Bumbin orn (Kalmykia). 2007. January 9th. Kalmyk and Kyrgyz slaughtered in Moscow // Gazeta.Ru. 2007. January 6th.

On December 31, 2006, an attempt was made to set fire to a transformer substation that provides electricity to the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (PFUR). At 19:15, the Zyuzino police station received a message that Molotov cocktails had been seen by a technical officer of a nearby bowling club in a transformer substation on the territory of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia.

January 4, 2007 at about 5:00 p.m. in Nizhny Novgorod in the park. Pushkin, an attack was made on five citizens of Malaysia - students of the Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering. The students were attacked by about 15 young people aged 15-20, who started pushing them in the back and punching and kicking them in different parts of the body. The victims received minor bruises. On the fact of the fight, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art.