On January 12, 2007, the Supreme Court of Komi considered cassation appeal Yuri Ekishev's against the decision of the Syktyvkar Federal Court and upheld the verdict. Thus, the decision of the City Court entered into force. Recall that the federal court sentenced the nationalist to one and a half years in prison under Part 1 of Art.

On January 22, within the framework of the XVI International Conference in memory of Father Alexander Men, held in Moscow, a report was made by the church historian, executive director of the International Charitable Foundation named after. D.S. Likhachev Alexander Kobak about the conflict between cultural institutions and religious organizations.

We are publishing the decision of the Severodvinsk city court (Arkhangelsk region) on establishing the fact that the article "Orange flask" published in the newspaper "Severny Rabochiy" dated July 08, 2006, contains signs of extremist activity. The Severodvinsk City Court recognized this article as extremist material on January 15, 2007.

On January 24, 2007, the prosecutor's office demanded that the verdict on the members of the skinhead group from the city of Berdsk, Novosibirsk region, be annulled. State prosecutor Olga Sidorova filed a cassation appeal with the Novosibirsk Regional Court to overturn the court's verdict. "I ask you to cancel the verdict and send the case for a new trial ," Sidorova said. The public prosecutor does not agree that the court acquitted the defendants under Art.

By decision of the Arbitration Court of Mordovia, the madrasah operating under the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SUM) of the republic was closed. The reason for this decision was the failure to comply with the licensing requirements prescribed by law. In addition, an audit by the Ministry of Education revealed violations in record keeping and certification.

January 22-23 in Moscow, at the All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature. M.I. Rudomino (VGBIL) hosted the XVI International Conference in memory of Fr. Alexandra Men. Organizers - VGBIL, Humanitarian and Charitable Foundation. Alexandra Men, Foundation. D.S. Likhachev (St. Petersburg) and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (Germany).

On January 23, 2007, a meeting was held at the State Duma Committee on Nationalities Affairs, Chairman of the Committee Yevgeny Trofimov, with representatives of public organizations of Russian Germans. The meeting was attended by the Chairman of the International Union of German Culture G.G. Martens, the Chairman of the Council of the All-Russian Association of Public Associations of Russian Germans "Sodruzhestvo" I.I.

The Tver Diocesan Council determined the parameters of communication between clergy and the outside world. Now the clergy of the diocese can apply "on any issues" to the secular authorities only with the permission of the diocesan administration. The same applies to the public speeches of priests on television, radio, in the press and on the Internet. By the same decision of the Diocesan Council, clergy are forbidden to apply to higher church authorities without the permission of the diocese.