In Suzdal, a 37-year-old resident of Shuya (Ivanovo region) was detained on suspicion of setting fire to a Muslim prayer house. The militia has established, that the crime has been made on household soil. "There was a lot of talk about the fact that this crime could be committed on the basis of religious hatred, or, for example, ethnic hatred. This is not so.

On February 19, the congress of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FJC) addressed the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation with an appeal to exempt religious organizations from taxes, since they “actually live on donations without receiving income.” “In addition to liturgical activities, we also have charitable activities, that is, there are charitable, medical, and leisure centers, the premises of which are not religious buildings, which means they are subject to property

Summary The most relevant aspects of the implementation of freedom of conscience: Legislation concerning religious organizations Issues related to places of worship Government patronage of religious organizations Other examples of discrimination The situation in the army and in the penitentiary system Religion and secular education Abuses related to countering extremism Lack of protection against defamation and attacks Abuses in the defense of religious feelings The Information and Analytical

On February 20, 2008, it became known about three attacks on visitors that occurred on February 12, 2008 in the south of Moscow in relative proximity to each other. The first attack took place on February 12 at about nine o'clock in the evening near house 2 on Sumsky Proezd (Severnoye Chertanovo district). 21-year-old visitor Murtozaev was attacked by several unknown persons. He was beaten and stabbed several times in the back and neck. The attackers fled.

In mid-February 2008, the Novosibirsk Regional Court did not satisfy the cassation appeal against the sentence of Mikhail Kubarev, who at the end of May 2007 beat and wounded guest worker Khalilov, causing the man to die. The verdict handed down to Mikhail Kubarev by the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Novosibirsk remained unchanged. Mikhail Kubarev was convicted in the second decade of January 2008. It is known that he was found guilty under two articles: under Part 4 of Art.

The book depository of the Russian State Library, located in the building of the Moscow church of Pope Clement on the street. Pyatnitskaya, 26, by June 1, 2008 should move to another room. The temple, where divine services are already being held, will be completely transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church. The temple is an architectural monument, for the maintenance of which funds were allocated from the federal budget.

In Krasnoyarsk, there is a "Program of interaction between the Central Internal Affairs Directorate for the Krasnoyarsk Territory and religious organizations in the field of ensuring law and order and the rule of law, civic-patriotic education for 2007-2008." The document assumes cooperation between "traditional" religious organizations of the region and the police.

On February 19, 2008, in Moscow, near house 24 on Simferopol Boulevard, the body of a citizen of Kyrgyzstan, a native of the Jalalabad region, 27-year-old Tair Dzhankirbaev, who worked in the Pyaterochka store, was found. The man died from multiple stab wounds to the back, head and neck. It is not reported whether the victim was robbed and under what specific article the criminal case was initiated. It is known that all versions of the murder are being considered.

On February 19, 2008, in Moscow, on Nikitskaya Street in the Severnoye Izmailovo district, unknown persons attacked a citizen of Tajikistan, Nurdin Bakhidov. The man was stabbed several times, but survived. It is not reported whether the man was robbed and under what specific article the criminal case was initiated. Unfortunately, we also do not know what condition the victim is in. Sources Alexander Shvarev. Skinheads are operating in Moscow again // Rosbalt. 2008. February 20.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the decision of the World Court of the Central District of Chelyabinsk to fine Anatoly Kashpirovsky for illegal healing in the amount of 1,700 rubles. In 2006, a group of Orthodox citizens demanded that the psychic be brought to administrative responsibility under Art. 6.2. Code of Administrative Offenses ("Illegal practice of traditional medicine").

On February 20, 2008, it became known that in Kaliningrad against a group of Nazi skinheads who attacked five citizens of Tajikistan with knives, as a result of which they received injuries of varying severity, a criminal case was initiated under Part 2 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism committed by a group of persons by prior agreement). Only one of the attackers was reportedly arrested.

The leadership of the Council of Muftis of Russia (RMC) and the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Asian part of Russia (DUMACHR) appealed to the head of Noyabrsk, Nikolai Korobkov, with a request to transfer the old building of the mosque to the ownership of the Centralized Religious Organization of Muslims of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug "Yamalo-Nenets Kazyat".

On February 19, 2008, in Moscow, near house 25 on Baikalskaya Street, unknown persons killed 38-year-old Azerbaijani citizen Nuradin Kuliyev. 25 stab wounds were found on the body of the murdered man. No valuables were stolen from the victim. It is not reported under what specific article the criminal case was initiated. It is known that all versions of the murder are being considered. No suspects have been identified in the murder. Sources Bad score.

On February 20, 2008, there were reports that several activists from initiative groups in the settlements of the Nizhneimeretinsky lowland were summoned to the Adler District Court in connection with their alleged involvement in the distribution of the leaflet "You have chosen, you will judge." According to an expert report compiled by the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Krasnodar Territory, the leaflet contains appeals aimed at inciting social hostility or discord.