On March 16, at a regular court hearing in the case of the former head of the State Press Committee of the Russian Federation, Boris Mironov, who is accused of inciting ethnic hatred (Article 282 of the Criminal Code), the petitions of the victims - representatives of the Jewish charity fund "Atikva" Alla Olkhova and Zoya Cherkasskaya, were announced to include letters and telegrams with threats that they received. "Take your statement, think about death ," one of them said.

The Voronezh Regional Department for the Execution of Punishments has released statistics on prison Orthodox communities in the region. Temples or prayer rooms served by priests are open in 12 correctional institutions of the region. Of the more than 10,000 serving sentences, 412 are members of prison Orthodox communities.

The Saratov branch of the Young Guard organization held a picket in front of a building belonging to the local community of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons). The action was called "For the Russian people - Russian traditions!". The picket was attended by about two dozen young people dressed in costumes with party symbols.

On March 19, letters were distributed in St. Petersburg, in which, on behalf of the candidate for deputy of the Legislative Assembly (LA), figure skater Anton Sikharulidze (elected from United Russia), it was reported that A. Sikharulidze refuses the mandate of a deputy due to the fact that in in his constituency, "someone had a ballot stuffing done, and the voter turnout turned out to be unrealistic .

In Voronezh, an audio cassette with songs of an extremist nature was confiscated from one of the detainees in the case of pogroms at the city's Jewish cemetery. According to updated information, acts of vandalism were committed by suspects in September 2006 and March 4, 2007. Previously, we reported other dates - January 2007 and March 6, 2007.

On March 21, 2007, the jury at the trial of those accused of attempting to blow up the Grozny-Moscow train on June 12, 2005 M. Klevacheva and V. Vlasov issued a guilty verdict. The jurors, who deliberated for 5 hours, by 10 votes against 2 found the defendants guilty on all charges, i.e. according to part 3 of Art. 205 (terrorism committed by an organized group, entailing grave consequences), art. 30 part 3 art. 105 part 2 p.p.

The regional branch of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims (TSDUM) interferes with the cultural, educational and religious activities of the Muslim community of Chelyabinsk. According to the head of the community, Gabdulkhay Saykhutzhin, representatives of the Central Spiritual Muslim Board are trying to prevent regional seminars for imams and lectures for parishioners of urban and rural mosques.

The Buddhist community "Mindrolling" and the Union of Journalists of Kalmykia appealed to the Public Collegium for Press Complaints regarding the publication of "Komsomolskaya Pravda" dated March 16, 2007 " Dalai Lama XIV: I have been to Russia. My rosary whistled there" (author Yury Snegirev) . The address of the Buddhist community emphasizes that the mockingly ironic tone of the article offends the feelings of believers.

On January 16, 2006, Yuri Snegirev's report on his trip to Tibet and meeting with the Dalai Lama was published in Komsomolskaya Pravda. The entire publication, from the headline ( Dalai Lama XIV: I have been to Russia. My rosary was whistled there! ) to the remarks is sustained in a disparagingly ironic, and sometimes offensive tone for various groups.

On March 20, 2007, it became known that since November 2006, the ideological inspirer of the Lipetsk skinheads, Viktor Elchaninov, has been under investigation. V. Elchaninov was arrested and kept in a pre-trial detention center on suspicion of murder (Article 105 of the Criminal Code) and organization of an extremist community (Article 282-1 of the Criminal Code). Unfortunately, we do not know on what particular case V. Elchaninov was arrested.

In mid-March, a 22-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan, who was put on the international wanted list for creating a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell, was detained in Orenburg. The issue of his extradition to Uzbekistan is being decided. Sources Hizb ut-Tahrir member on international wanted list detained in Orenburg region // Interfax-religion. 2007. March 21.

In early 2007, the Federal Service for Supervision of Compliance with Legislation in the Sphere of Mass Communications and the Protection of Cultural Heritage (Rosokhrakultura) issued a warning about the use of the media for extremist activities to the Arkhangelsk newspaper Pravda Severo-Zapada for publishing an article "Nationally colored chameleons" in No.

Following the results of negotiations with members of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of Russia, the commander of the Volga-Ural Military District (PURVO) Vladimir Boldyrev ordered to count all Muslims and Jews among the military personnel of the district. This is necessary so that representatives of the respective confessions can work in military units - provide believers with spiritual literature and visit army units.

On March 20, 2007, a citizen of Tajikistan was killed in St. Petersburg. The body of a 24-year-old native of Central Asia with multiple stab wounds was found in the Primorsky district at about 22:30 at the entrance of house 11 on Novokolomyazhsky Prospekt. As the police officers established, the deceased lived in St. Petersburg without registration, the scope of his employment has not yet been established. Sources A citizen of Tajikistan was killed in the Primorsky district.

On March 21, the Court of Appeal of the Moscow Arbitration Court satisfied the claim of residents of the Babushkinsky microdistrict, who opposed the construction of the Russian-American Christian Institute (RAHI). It should be reminded that protests against RAHI.