On January 15, 2007, the Nagatinsky District Court of Moscow decided to return for preliminary investigation the case of an attack on 19-year-old anti-fascist Alexander Ryukhin, which ended in his murder. This was reported by Stanislav Markelov, the lawyer of the victim Yegor Tomsky, a friend of the murdered man, who also suffered at the hands of the attackers.

On January 6, the Suzdal diocesan administration received a letter from the administration of the Vladimir region, which announced the creation of a special commission "to verify the validity of the transfer, availability and condition of state property - cultural values ​​for religious purposes, transferred by the federal state institution of culture 'State Vladimir-Suzdal Historical and Archival and art museum-reserve 'for various religious organizations, but actually in use by the Suzdal

The Public Opinion Foundation published the results of a sociological survey of Russians about their attitude to the concept of "spirituality" (the study was conducted in 100 settlements of 44 regions, territories and republics of Russia by interview method at the place of residence on December 16-17, 2006; 1500 respondents; statistical error - no more than 3.6%). This word is familiar to 91% of respondents. To the question "What do you think spirituality is?

At the end of December 2006 in Moscow on the 3rd Parkovaya street. was killed 30-year-old Jew, a native of the village "Red Sloboda" (Azerbaijan). An armed attack was made on him when he was heading to the kindergarten to pick up his child. According to unverified reports, the attacker inflicted several blows with a knife. During the investigation, it was found that none of the personal belongings of the deceased was missing. Ethnic homicide is not ruled out.

On January 13, the St. Petersburg branch of the Orthodox medical and educational center "Life" held a prayer stand in front of the Kazan Cathedral as part of the action "Orthodox against abortion". According to the Interfax-religion portal , "at noon on the square in front of the Kazan Cathedral, representatives of the Orthodox community lit candles 'about saving unborn babies and delivering parents from the sin of abortion'. The action was held with the blessing of the Metropolitan of St.

From January 8 to 13, 2007 in the Krasnodar Territory in the village of Kabardinka a seminar-training "Tactics and strategy for protection against ethnic discrimination. Planning and conducting public actions" was held. According to the Novorossiysk Human Rights Committee, the training was attended by about 40 representatives of ethnic communities: Meskhetian Turks, Yezidis, Kurmanchs, Hemshils, Armenians, as well as leaders of youth and human rights organizations of Kuban.

In early January 2007, in Moscow, skinheads attacked Nadir Bayram oglu Seyfullayev, a native of Azerbaijan, a resident of the village of Garmyatuk in the Lankaran region, 53, and severely beat him. N. Seifullaev underwent a course of treatment in one of the Moscow hospitals. A native of Azerbaijan died from his wounds. His body was brought to Lankaran and buried in the Garmyatuk village cemetery. Sources Skinheads kill another Azerbaijani in Moscow // IA APA. 2007. January 13th.

On January 14, 2007, in St. Petersburg, on Leninsky Prospekt, neo-Nazis attacked 21-year-old anti-fascist Ivan Yelin. According to various sources, from 5 to 8 people attacked the anti-fascist, who was returning from the action "Food instead of bombs", not far from his house. Some of the attackers were armed with knives. The victim was hospitalized in critical condition and underwent emergency surgery.

On January 14, 2007, the RIA "Dagestan" portal published an article by Miyasat Muslimova, head of the Information and Analytical Department of the President of Dagestan, devoted to the responsibility of the journalistic community for the growth of xenophobic sentiments in society. The author notes that the method of marking the characters of publications according to the principle "friend" / "alien" has become a common technique for journalists of most Russian publications.