On April 29, about 15 people took part in a picket of Falun Gong practitioners with posters and slogans against the persecution of followers of this school in China near the Khudozhestvenny cinema in Moscow, reports Portal-Credo.ru . In accordance with the recommendation of the prefecture of the Central Administrative District, it was decided to hold the event near the Khudozhestvenny cinema instead of the previously planned pedestrian zone on Stary Arbat.

On March 22, 2008, a criminal case was initiated in Veliky Novgorod under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred) for posting neo-Nazi files on the Internet. The files were found on the Internet during operational-search activities and contained ideas of hatred towards Africans, people from the Caucasus and Central Asia, gypsies, Jews, calls for riots and reprisals against representatives of certain racial and ethnic groups.

On May 6, 2008, in Veliky Novgorod, a criminal investigation was completed on the posting on the Internet of a video recording the murder of people of non-Slavic appearance, called colonists from Dagestan and Tajikistan, people in masks against the background of the Nazi flag. The case was initiated in November 2007 under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred), and the video was recognized as extremist by a court decision in March 2008.

On April 28, the Vladimir court dismissed the lawsuit of the Baptist community against the land committee of the Vladimir city administration, which does not give permission to register the land under the building of the House of Prayer and around it as property, the Slavic Legal Center reports . According to the court decision, Baptists should apply to the mayor of the city, and not to the land committee.

The Bekovsky District Court of the Penza Region recognized the books confiscated from the leader of the Penza inmates Pyotr Kuznetsov as extremist materials, Interfax reports . The books were found in the house of P. Kuznetsov in the village of Nikolskoye, Bekovsky District, during the preliminary investigation .

On April 27, representatives of the Regional Spiritual Administration of Muslims (RDUM) announced a ban on a quiz in the madrassa at the mosque in the village of Kuluevo, Argayash district, organized by the representative office of the Council of Muftis of Russia in the Chelyabinsk region. Representatives of the RDUM, under whose jurisdiction the mosque is located, demanded that the organizers leave the madrasah building.

The mayor of Orenburg, Yuri Mishcheryakov, declared Radonitsa a non-working day, Rosbalt-Privolzhye reports . This was announced by the press service of the city administration. “In connection with numerous appeals from residents of the city and collectives of enterprises, organizations and institutions located on the territory of Orenburg, the city administration decided to support their proposal to declare May 6, Remembrance Day, a non-working day,” the message says.

On April 30, 2008, the Bekovsky District Court (Kuznetsk, Penza Region) recognized the books confiscated from Pyotr Kuznetsov, the leader of hermits who, in anticipation of the end of the world, walled up in a dugout in the Penza Region, were extremist materials . They are subject to confiscation, and their list is published on the Internet. On May 13, 2008, the decision entered into force.

The Tatarstan republican public organization Water Rescue Society has come up with a proposal to consecrate the beaches in Kazan on the eve of the swimming season, Interfax reports . "God has been received from the Orthodox Church, now we are negotiating with the Spiritual Board of Muslims," ​​Samat Fazleev, Chairman of the Council of the Society, said. He noted that every year the number of drowned in the reservoirs of Kazan is growing. According to S.

On May 5, 2008, a youth action "We are for peace!" was held in Saratov. on painting swastikas and obscene inscriptions on the walls of the city, organized by the city educational committee on the eve of May 9th. During the day, several youth groups, totaling about 20 people, cleared the square near the Saratov Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, the microdistrict of the Resurrection Cemetery, the walls along the tram line, near the bridge on the street. B.