The prefecture of the Central Administrative District of Moscow refused to hold a picket against the closure of the Tatar-Turkish lyceums, scheduled for June 25, 2008, near the Government House on the Gorbaty Bridge, to the Vatan movement, Islamnews news agency reports . The authorities explained this by saying that "the specified territory is not suitable for holding public events." The organizers of the picket were offered to choose another place for the action.

On June 20, 2008, in Nizhny Novgorod, Nazi skinheads attacked hardcore concert attendees and smashed the windows in the club where the event was held. It happened shortly before the start of the concert. It is known that one person who arrived from Moscow was slightly injured. He suffered a head injury and a stab wound. Own inf.

On June 23, 2008, the Sovetsky District Court of Novosibirsk recognized materials published on the Internet as extremist. We are talking about the articles “The Chechen Mujahideen carried out a new series of military operations”, “Love the battle and not seek peace”, “Amir Seifullah: “Whoever doubts, let him fear Allah”, “We are terrorists for them, they are terrorists for us”, press- release of the Ministry of Information and Press of the ChRI No.

On June 22, 2008, an anti-fascist picket took place in Novopushkinsky Square in Moscow. One of the topics of the picket was a protest against monuments to the Nazis, and especially against the fact that in Moscow, near the Sokol metro station and near the Church of All Saints, a memorial plate with the names of Nazi criminals Krasnov and Shkuro was installed.

On June 21, 2008, in Ukhta (Komi Republic), on the eve of the city-wide holiday "Sabantuy", organized by the Tatar national-cultural autonomy, at the venue of the festive events, in the park of culture and recreation, city residents saw "a mannequin attached to a tree, hung by the neck of a person with the inscription "Chock" ... A model of an explosive device was attached to the mannequin.

On June 23, 2008, an authorized picket against xenophobia in the media, organized by the Russian Congress of the Peoples of the Caucasus, took place on Teatralnaya Square in Moscow. About 20 people took part in the event, speaking under the slogans “Freedom of speech is not for provocations and inciting hatred!”, “Responsible media is a healthy society!” and "Werewolves in the media - flush them in the toilet!" .

On June 23, the Russian Congress of the Peoples of the Caucasus (RCNC) held a picket on Teatralnaya Square in Moscow: "We are for responsible media!" Kasparov.ru reports . The action was directed against incitement of interethnic and interreligious hatred.

According to Priest Mikhail Vasilyev, Head of the Airborne Forces Department of the Synodal Department of the Moscow Patriarchate for Cooperation with the Armed Forces, today there are 530 churches on the territory of parts of the Ministry of Defense, in which 850 priests serve, Interfax reports . Of these, the Airborne Forces have about 12 churches and 16 priests. Representatives of all four traditional religions of Russia take part in feeding the army, - emphasized M. Vasiliev.

The Moscow authorities have developed a unified concept for the restoration and development of the Zaikonospassky and Nikolo-Greek monasteries on Nikolskaya Street in the center of the capital, Blagovest-info reports .

On June 19, 2008, Deputy Interior Minister Nikolai Ovchinnikov announced that the work of 52 sites through which "extremist materials" were distributed was suspended. A total of 263 such sites were identified in 2007. “With the help of the Internet, leaders and ideologists of extremist movements get an additional opportunity to operate with the minds of people, especially minors...