On October 7, 2007, a "round table" was held at the Central Internal Affairs Directorate for the Altai Territory with the participation of representatives of the regional administration and the election commission, the Federal Registration Service, heads of religious organizations and law enforcement agencies.

On October 8, 2007, Orenburg hosted a meeting of the Council for Ethnic Affairs under the Governor of the region "On the prevention and counteraction of extremist activities and the prevention of interethnic orientation during the preparation and conduct of elections." The meeting was held by the Minister of Information Policy, Public and External Relations of the region Sergey Gorshenin.

On October 2, 2007, at about 11:00 pm in St. Petersburg, on the Kirovsky Zavod - Avtovo metro station (or Avtovo metro station - Leninsky Prospekt) in a train car, 10 skinheads attacked a mulatto. According to one of the passengers on the train, the attackers raided the car and "selected a victim." The victim was severely beaten with feet and an iron bar.

The DUM of Mari El and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic signed an agreement on cooperation in the fight against extremism. As the Agency of National News reports, "the security forces are counting on the help of the Muslims of the republic in educating young people, preventing the spread of extremist views among them.

Nafigulla Ashirov, co-chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia, head of the Spiritual Muslim Board of the Asian part of Russia, announced that he intends to sue the Orthodox priest Daniil Sysoev, the author of the book "Marriage with a Muslim", presented in Moscow on September 12, 2007. According to Fr.

The administration of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk finally issued a permit for the construction of an Orthodox church in the city. Recall that believers had to fight for it: in March 2007, the authorities refused to allocate a plot, citing the dissatisfaction of the students of a nearby school and their parents (moreover, residents of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk complained to the VRNS human rights center about one of the deputies of the city assembly, who, as they claimed hindered construction).

*October 9-10, 2007, Cordoba hosts an OSCE conference on intolerance and discrimination against Muslims. Representative of the SOVA Center Galina Kozhevnikova takes part in this conference and presented her speech on the main manifestations of Islamophobia in Russia.* Dear chairman, dear participants of the conference! Islamophobia in Russia manifests itself in different ways. First, it is racist violence against Muslims.

The Slavic Legal Center reports that persecution against members of the Apostolic Orthodox Church has intensified in Buryatia (we recall that representatives of the AOC have accused the Buryat authorities of seeking to destroy this religious organization before).

In early October 2007, in the Moscow region, two people beat a 29-year-old resident of Likino-Dulyovo, Snjoyan, with a baseball bat, while insulting "his national feelings." The victim was threatened with death. The victim filed a complaint with the police. Suspects of beating are detained . A criminal case was initiated under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Sources Two suspects of beating a man on ethnic grounds were detained in the Moscow region // GZT.ru.

On October 9, 2007, a 38-year-old resident of the village of Panarino and a 21-year-old resident of the village of Avsyunino were detained in the Moscow region, suspected of beating 29-year-old resident of Likino-Dulyovo Snjoyan. A criminal case has been initiated against the detainees under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("incitement of national, racial or religious hatred"). A written undertaking not to leave the place was taken from the suspects.

On October 7, 2007, near the Main Post Office, in the center of Tula, the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI) held a nationalist action. Those who gathered spoke under the slogans "Russia - Russian power" and "Russians are being killed in their own country - you can't live like that anymore .

On October 7, 2007 in Moscow, in Zapadnoye Biryulyovo, a group of young people with knives attacked 3 visitors, one of whom, an Azerbaijani citizen, died in the hospital from his wounds. Recall that a few hours earlier in the same area, a group of 7 young people attacked the natives of Tajikistan. "We assume that these guys were returning from a rock concert. They were filming there.

On October 9, 2007, the State Duma adopted in the first reading amendments to the legislation regulating the transfer to the Federal Registration Service (FRS) of the functions of issuing warnings about the inadmissibility of extremist activities by public and religious associations, as well as maintaining a federal list of extremist materials. The amendments are aimed at implementing the Federal Reserve System Regulations dated October 13, 2004.

According to the Islamic Committee of Russia , in the colony N 13 of the Khabarovsk Territory, Muslim prisoners cannot achieve the opening of a prayer room (although the correctional facility has its own church). In addition, the administration does not allow the transfer of religious literature and religious objects to Muslims. This was reported to the Islamic Committee by the relatives of the prisoners.