Polit.ru published an open letter from Russian scientists to the Minister of Education and Science A.A. Fursenko and appeal to the scientific community. These documents, distributed on behalf of the St. Petersburg Union of Scientists, express concern about the clericalization of education, primarily in connection with the sensational trial about the teaching of Darwinism in school.

On March 12, an unemployed citizen of Tajikistan born in 1968 was killed in Moscow. A foreigner still alive with multiple stab wounds in the back was found by local residents near 38 on the street. Trade union, he died on the way to the hospital. “As a result of operational search activities, police officers found witnesses who said that they saw two men who first argued and then started fighting.

IA REGNUM referring to the newspaper "Kommersant-Volgograd" reports that the prosecutor's office of the Astrakhan region has filed lawsuits to recognize as extremist "Jamaat Muvahids" ("Community of Monotheists") and the People's National Party.

On March 9, 2007, the State Duma adopted in the first reading bill N 397076-4 “On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation (in terms of bringing a number of legislative acts into compliance with the provisions of the Federal Law “On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right to Participate in a Referendum” citizens of the Russian Federation" and establishing mechanisms to ensure the effectiveness of electoral legislation).

In 2006, 8 criminal cases were initiated in the Novgorod region for extremist crimes under Art. 282 (inciting national, racial or religious hatred) and 280 (public calls for a violent change in the constitutional order) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. We are aware of two similar cases initiated in Veliky Novgorod in 2006. Both of them have already been sentenced: in July 2006 - to Alexander Rumyantsev for nationalist inscriptions under Part 1 of Art.

In early March 2007, the prosecutor's office of the Astrakhan region filed lawsuits with a demand to recognize them as extremist and to ban the activities of the Astrakhan regional branch of the right-wing radical People's National Party (PNP) and the organization "Jamaat Muvahids" ("Community of Monotheists").

The US State Department has published another report on the observance of human rights in the world. One of the sections, as always, is devoted to the situation in Russia , including the observance of religious freedoms, crimes motivated by religious hatred, discrimination by the authorities against representatives of a number of religious organizations (both “non-traditional” and others - primarily Muslim and Jewish).

portal The Interfax-religion published the text of the report of the head of the DECR MP, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, at the UNESCO international seminar "Dialogue of Civilizations: Human Rights, Moral Values ​​and Cultural Diversity." The representative of the Russian Orthodox Church devoted his speech to the problem of the influence of religious organizations on the understanding and realization of human rights.

The missionary department of the Yekaterinburg diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church announced that on March 13 it will begin regular picketing of the premises rented by "the totalitarian sect of Scientology for their recruiting purposes," Portal-Credo.ru reports with reference to JustMedia.

On March 12, the Human Rights Center of the World Russian People's Cathedral addressed the government of the Moscow region in connection with the situation around the Orthodox shelter "Nikita" in the village of Byvalino, Pavlovo-Posad district.

In Yekaterinburg, Sergei Kolyasnikov, director of the Staryi Soldier chain of stores, and another employee of the store, were fined for distributing Nazi symbols. Alexander Porshakov, On March 12, 2007, the justice of the peace of the Verkh-Isetsky district of Yekaterinburg ruled that S. Kolyasnikov was "guilty under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses and imposed a fine of 1,000 rubles on him.

The Department of Internal Affairs of the Kirov region has concluded an agreement on cooperation with the regional spiritual administration of Muslims. reports with reference to the Zvezda newspaper As IslamNews.ru , "one of the reasons for signing the agreement was mutual concern about the spread of such phenomena as extremism, juvenile delinquency, drug addiction, and other negative trends that threaten the stability of society.