On May 18, 2008, a traditional prayer stand was held in Moscow on Pushkinskaya Square, timed to coincide with the "birthday of the Holy Tsar-Martyr Nicholas II Alexandrovich" and organized by the Union of Orthodox Banner Bearers (SPKh), the Union of Orthodox Brotherhoods (SPB) and the St. Sergius Union of the Russian People. After standing in prayer, the audience was addressed by: the head of the Union of Orthodox Christian Orthodox Church and the St.

In mid-May 2008, the Vasileostrovskaya district prosecutor's office conducted an inspection of the nightclub "ARCTICA CLUB" on the fact that an announcement had appeared on the entrance doors of the institution that "persons of Caucasian nationality" were not allowed into the club . The prosecutor's office submitted a proposal to eliminate violations of anti-extremist legislation to the general director of Arktika-1 LLC, which owns the club. The ad has been removed.

On May 19, a picket was held in Petrozavodsk against Boris Moiseyev's concert, Blagovest-info reports with reference to RIA Novosti. The protest action was organized by representatives of public organizations and the Orthodox community of Petrozavodsk. According to the city police department, about 50 people gathered near the building of the cultural center where Moiseyev's concert was held, holding posters with calls against homosexuality and the protection of morality. Some prayed.

A regional draft law "On missionary activity" has been developed in the Penza region, Interfax reports . This document defines the procedure for the implementation and termination of missionary activities in the Penza region and is mandatory for missionaries carrying out their activities in the region.

On May 20, 2008, the Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg began hearing the case of Nikolai Andrushchenko, a journalist and co-founder of the Novy Peterburg newspaper, charged under Part 2 of Article 280 (public calls to carry out extremist activities using the media), Article 129 (slander), Article 319 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (insulting a representative of power). On May 30, the consideration of the case on the merits began.

On April 29, the leaders of the Protestant organizations of the Penza region appealed to the vice-governor of the Penza region O. Melnichenko in connection with "events associated with manifestations of extremism against the Protestant churches of the region." Protestant clergy are concerned about the increased incidence of violence , threats, as well as "anti-sectarian" propaganda in the media.

At the Parfyonovsky cemetery in Tyumen, unknown attackers damaged several dozen tombstones - they toppled monuments and crosses, Interfax reports . The exact number of damaged graves is now being investigated by the investigative team. The issue of initiating a criminal case under Article 244 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (desecration of the burial places of the dead) is being resolved. Sources Hooligans knocked down crosses at a cemetery in Tyumen // Interfax-religion.