of a teenager on December 13, 2005 On August 8, the Khabarovsk regional court delivered a guilty verdict on two local residents who committed the ritual murder . One of the defendants, born in 1988, was sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison to be served in a penal colony. Another, born in 1985 - to 13.5 years in prison with serving a sentence in a strict regime colony. According to the investigation, both belonged to an informal organization promoting suicidal ideas and Satanism.

In Togliatti, the construction of an Old Believer temple complex began, a cross was consecrated at the site of the construction of a temple and a chapel. However, the district administration disputes the legitimacy of allocating a land plot to the Old Believer community.

On the evening of August 7, 2007, a citizen of Tajikistan was wounded on Sirenevy Boulevard in Moscow. He was taken to the intensive care unit of a clinic in Moscow with numerous stab wounds. Law enforcement agencies have not yet linked this attack with the murder of an Afghan citizen and an attack on a Chinese citizen that occurred in the area the day before, which apparently had a domestic motive. Sources A new attack on a foreigner was committed on Sirenevy Boulevard // Gazeta.Ru. 2007.

On July 20, a new religious organization was created in the Chelyabinsk region, which is part of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the European Part of Russia (DUMER). R. Khakimov, deputy head of the administration of the Argayash district for social issues, forbade members of the organization to hold the ceremony of laying the first stone in the foundation of a mosque in the village of Akbashevo, citing the lack of land allotment.

On August 7, the Union of Orthodox Citizens sent a letter to Yu. "We are concerned that a center of religious extremism will appear in Moscow," Kirill Frolov, spokesman for the SPG, explained.

On August 7, 2007, the verdict was announced for seven accused of the murder of Timur Kacharava and the attack on Maksim Zgibai, who on July 31, 2007 were found guilty on all counts by the jury. The direct killer Alexander Shabalin was sentenced to 12 years in prison to be served in a strict regime correctional colony. Moskovkin was sentenced to 3 years in prison in a penal colony, Panasov and Golovlev - to 2 years. Three others received suspended sentences.

On August 8, an agreement on cooperation was signed between the Blagoveshchensk diocese and the Department of Internal Affairs of the Amur Region. A similar agreement, signed in 1998, provided for the participation of Orthodox priests in the solemn events of the Internal Affairs Directorate and the performance of prayer services during the departures of policemen to hot spots.

"Interfax-religion" publishes the results of the July poll of the Yuri Levada Analytical Center. According to sociologists, 56% of Russians consider themselves Orthodox, a third are atheists, and the rest belong to other confessions. At the same time, 59% of the respondents do not attend worship services at all, 16% come to services once a year or less, 19% once a year, 4% visit churches monthly and 2% weekly.