In connection with the appeal of the prosecutor of the Olonets region of the Republic of Karelia to the court to recognize as extremist literature the printed bulletin "Slovo" No. 5 of December 13, 2007, published by the community of True Orthodox Christians (Old Believers) in the name of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called, a prosecutor's check was carried out, - the official website of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.

In mid-May 2008, a court in Karelia recognized as "extremist literature" the materials of the local religious newspaper "Slovo" N 5 dated 12/13/2007. requirements of the Federal Law "On Counteracting Extremist Activity". The court also granted the prosecutor's demands for the confiscation of the circulation of the said publication. The newspaper is published by the community of True Orthodox Christians (Old Believers) in the name of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called.

On May 14, 2008, in Moscow, based on the materials of the Center "T" of the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Central Federal District, the prosecutor's office opened a criminal case under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of Russia against the general director of a publishing house that published last year the book "The Personality of a Muslim in the form that seeks to give it Islam with the help of the Qur'an and the Sunnah." The

In mid-May 2008, the investigative department for the Novokuznetsk District of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region issued a decision to open a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity, committed in public or using the media).

The Lutheran Cathedral of St. Anna will be restored at the expense of the budget of St. Petersburg, Interfax reports . V. Matviyenko told journalists that in 2002 the building of the cathedral was transferred to the Lutheran community, which belonged to it before the revolution. The transfer agreement stated that the community would restore the property at their own expense, but the community did not begin restoration work. V.

On May 16, 2008, in the city of Salavat (Republic of Bashkortostan), 4 young people tried to break into the club of the Jewish community of the city, who were interested in the nationality of the people inside the building. Members of the community - young people, both adults and children - gathered in the club for a traditional Saturday meeting. According to the leader of the Youth Club, Eli Myers, "four young people in a very rude form began to wonder if we were Jews or not ...

The St. Petersburg diocese is calling for an end to the actions of the Vadim Lurie group, "which distributes false advertising in St. Petersburg about the presence of the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the Great Martyr Panteleimon and offers to order prayers in the monasteries of Athos," Interfax reports . This advertisement appeared on the central streets of St. Petersburg. The church of St. Elizabeth was mentioned as the place where the relics were allegedly brought.

The Coordinating Council of Muslims of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region turned to the Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia, Ravil Gainutdin, with a request to make a petition addressed to the Governor of St. Petersburg, Valentina Matvienko, to consider the case of the arbitrariness of officials of the St. Petersburg Historical Mosque, the Russian Islamic Heritage reports . This refers to the incident that occurred on May 14, 2008 in the St. Petersburg Historical Mosque.

Under the Missionary Department of the Kemerovo diocese, an Information and Apologetics Center has been created, which collects and disseminates reliable information about the activities of religious movements and totalitarian sects in the Kuzbass, the website of the Kemerovo and Novokuznetsk diocese reports .

was considered . On April 24, a meeting of the deputies of Novy Urengoy was held, at which the appeal of the Russian Islamic Heritage to the Chairman of the City Assembly of Novy Urengoy Igor Podovzhny regarding the introduction of censorship in relation to printed materials and television programs Based on the results of this meeting, I.