On October 29, 2007, the Moscow Regional Court began anew consideration of the criminal case on the murder of 19-year-old Artur Sardaryan in the Moscow region in May 2006, motivated by ethnic hatred. The Moscow Regional Court appointed the selection of jurors for November 16, 2007. It should be reminded that at the end of September 2007 the Supreme Court overturned of acquittal the verdict in this case, handed down by the jury of the Moscow Regional Court.

According to the survey, 84.4% of Russian prisoners consider themselves believers, and 76% of them declare their belonging to the Orthodox faith, the Interfax-religion portal reports , citing the press service of the Federal Penitentiary Service. In 2005, these figures were 70.4% and 62.4%, respectively. 55.6% of prisoners attend services monthly, about 20% once a week, and about 4% every day.

On the eve of National Unity Day, celebrated on November 4, the Interreligious Council of Russia issued an appeal in which it called on Russians to take part in the elections scheduled for December 2. "Elections to the V State Duma are coming.

IA "Rosbalt-Petersburg" with reference to the Estonian newspaper "Postimees" reports that the authorities of the northern capital may demolish the Estonian Lutheran Church of St. John. As Estonian Minister of Culture Laine Janes stated at a meeting of the parliamentary commission on cultural issues, the building needs major repairs, which will require about 8 million rubles. The issue of allocation of funds has already been discussed by several Estonian governments.

On October 29, 2007, the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow authorized the arrest of 6 schoolchildren suspected of murdering a native of Yakutia and attacking a citizen of Uzbekistan . Thus, the court granted the petition of the Investigative Committee at the Moscow Prosecutor's Office. Since all the suspects are minors, their names have not been disclosed. The investigation is carried out under Art.

*On October 9-10, 2007, in Cordoba, an OSCE conference on intolerance and discrimination against Muslims took place. Galina Kozhevnikiva participated in the conference and her speech is published below.* Dear Chairman, dear participants, Islamophobia in Russia shows itself in different ways. Firstly, there is racist violence against Muslims.

On October 28, 2007, a "March Against Hate" took place in St. Petersburg. The event was attended by about 800 people. The participants of the march proceeded from the metro station "Sportivnaya" to Sakharov Square. The march was attended by activists from the public organizations "For Russia without Racism", "Soldier's Mothers", "Stop Call", "Memorial". As well as members of the parties "Yabloko", Union of Right Forces, UCF, VAT and "Civil Force".

On October 28, 2007, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation refused to register the federal list of candidates for deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the fifth convocation, put forward by the Political Party "People's Union" (NS) on a formal basis.

On August 16, 2007, the Kovrov City Court satisfied the claim of the mayor of the city of Kovrov (Vladimir region) Irina Tabatskova and the Eurasian Youth Union for the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation against the editors of the newspaper "Echo of the Week - 33" for a series of publications in which the publication drew attention to close cooperation between the mayor and ECM activists. There were 5 posts: Carpets can become a hotbed of brown plague // Echo-Contacts. 2006.

On October 29, 2007, the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court overturned the district court's decision to impose new obligations on human rights activist Stanislav Dmitrievsky. Let us recall that in February 2005 S. Dmitrievsky was sentenced to 2 years probation for publishing the appeals of Akhmed Zakayev and Aslan Maskhadov.

At the end of October 2007, three people were detained on suspicion of organizing a failed explosion at the St. Petersburg Rocks Club. The criminal case, previously initiated under Article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal possession of weapons and ammunition), was reclassified to Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (terrorism). On October 25, 2007, the first suspect in the case, a 21-year-old city resident, was detained in St. Petersburg.

On October 20, 2007, at about 5:00 pm, in the Moscow-Golutvin electric train near Moscow, near the Sovkhoz station, a group of skinheads (5-7 people) attacked a young man of "non-Slavic appearance." Some of the attackers were wearing scarves with symbols of Spartak fans. The skinheads beat the young man with their hands and feet and threw him out of the train at the next station. None of those traveling in the car stood up for the beaten man.

On October 26, 2007, the prosecutor's office of the Republic of Adygea sent a case to the Maykop City Court against a student from Adygea, who is accused of posting video footage of the execution of two people on the Internet. Let us remind you that the charge was brought under Part 1 of Art.

On October 19, 2007, two National Bolsheviks were detained in St. Petersburg. Alexander Yashin and Konstantin Khristoforov are suspected of committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (vandalism). The detainees painted the walls of several buildings with inscriptions "Osipov is a bribe taker", "Osipov is kickbacks, bribes", "Osipov is a murderer" (Yuri Osipov is the head - the head of the Primorsky district). K.