As part of the Days of Kalmykia in the Rostov region, Buddhist monks from the Kalmyk monastery Gyudmed performed a well-known ritual of creating and destroying a mandala in the local history museum of Rostov-on-Don. The monks intended to scatter the quartz sand remaining after that over the Don as a sign of blessing the entire Rostov land, but they were prevented by Orthodox priests and Cossacks, who until then calmly observed the ritual.

On the eve of the opening of the exhibition "Young Artists of Russia" from the hall of the Central House of Artists (Moscow) the works of the artist from St. Petersburg, Ivan Ushkov, were removed. Representatives of the exhibition committee considered the series of his photographs "Welcome to Russia" to be inconsistent with the image of Russia. On February 19, people in plain clothes came to I.

Minister of the Interior of the Russian Federation Rashid Nurgaliyev stated that in 2006 "thanks to the comprehensive measures taken" it was possible "to uncover 169 extremist crimes" . R. Nurgaliyev added that it is "27 percent more than in 2005" .

The well-known anti-Semite Oleg Pashchenko, editor-in-chief of the Krasnoyarskaya Gazeta, is nominated as a candidate for the Krasnoyarsk Legislative Assembly from the Just Russia party. The Chamber of Nationalities of the Civil Assembly of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and representatives of the Krasnoyarsk Jewish Religious Association accuse O. Pashchenko of inciting ethnic hatred.

On February 23, 2007, Turkish citizens were killed in Samara. The bodies of the dead were found in an apartment on Klinicheskaya Street. Both experts recorded multiple stab wounds in the chest and neck. Turkish citizens worked as cooks in the Antalya cafe. Their names were not released in the interests of the investigation. A criminal case was initiated under paragraph "a" part 2 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("murder").

On February 24, 2007, the body of a 19-year-old Tajik citizen was found on Peter Smorodin Street in St. Petersburg with six stab wounds to the neck and stomach. In serious condition, the young man was taken to the Alexander Hospital. The circumstances of the incident are being established. In fact, a criminal case was initiated under Art. 30-105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("attempted murder"). No robbery reported.

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Metropolitan of Vyatka and Sloboda Chrysanth and Rector of the Vyatka State Humanitarian University Vladimir Danyushenkov signed an agreement on cooperation between the diocese and the university. portal reports with reference to Regions.ru The document, as the Religion and Mass Media , "opens up new prospects for almost 16 thousand students and teachers of the university. It is important that several specific events have been planned in accordance with this agreement during the current year.

On January 16, 2007, the Moscow Arbitration Court held a hearing on the claim of the parish of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Kadashi against the prefecture of the Central Administrative District of the capital. Believers demand that the authorities return the territory that historically belonged to the temple. The initial response of the officials did not satisfy the community, and it appealed to the arbitration court.

The head of Rosokhrankultura, Boris Boyarskov, said that the number of cultural heritage sites subject to privatization in accordance with the new legislation will primarily include house churches, chapels and estates - i.e. objects that were originally created as private property.

February 25, 2006 in Moscow at one in the morning on the platform of the Oktyabrskoye Pole station, police officers on the Moscow metro detained two 16-year-old young people who attacked a native of the Caucasus. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the attack was motivated by racial hatred. The detainees are young people who came to Moscow from the Altai Territory and the Rostov Region. A criminal case has been initiated.

According to the "World Report of Jehovah's Witnesses for the 2006 service year", prepared by the Brooklyn Leading Center (USA) and received by the Russian branches of this religious organization, the number of its members in Russia increased by 3% - from 136,726 to 140,244 people. Sources Brooklyn Center of Jehovah's Witnesses Publishes Statistical Report for 2006 // Blagovest-info. 2007. February 26.

The Union of Orthodox Banner Bearers issued a statement in which it demanded that the General Prosecutor's Office bring the famous scientist Vitaly Ginzburg to criminal liability under Part 2 of Art. 130 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("insult contained in a public speech, publicly displayed work or the media").

On March 7, the Budenovsky District Court of the Stavropol Territory is to consider a civil lawsuit filed by a resident of Budyonnovsk against the local registry office. In January 2005, the registry office issued an act on the birth of the plaintiff's daughter under number 666.

In mid-February 2007, in St. Petersburg, a group of extremists arrested in May 2006 were charged with murders committed in 2004-2005. The Borovikov gang is also suspected of committing a number of other crimes committed in early 2006. At the end of January 2007, the city prosecutor's office detained and then arrested a 25-year-old resident of St. Petersburg, Evgeny Zakalistov, who had previously been repeatedly convicted.