On June 28, 19,987 clergy and laity of the Russian Orthodox Church MP sent an appeal to the bishops' council in support of Bishop Diomede, who was defrocked . “There are no violations of church canons in the actions of the Bishop of Anadyr and Chukotka Diomede. The appeals are based on the current Constitution of the Russian Federation,” they believe.

As part of the celebration of the Youth Day, a flash mob "The Canvas of the World" took place on the central esplanade of Perm. About 115 people, participants of the action from the organizations "Bridge of Love", "Perm Volunteer Corps", DIMSI, "Vector of Friendship", the association "Anthill", "Ural-service" and several schools, marched along the central street of the city, demonstrating the "Canvas ".

On June 30, 2008, the Sverdlovsk Regional Court passed a sentence on members of the Zig 88 group of Nazi skinheads who murdered a man on January 13, 2007, motivated by ethnic hatred. During the trial, the defendants were acquitted of charges under Art. Art. 282.1 (creation of an extremist community and participation in an extremist community), they were convicted only under Art.

Bishop Diomede of Anadyr and Chukotka, defrocked by the decision of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church for disobedience to the clergy, filed a complaint against this decision to the church court, Interfax reports. “Vladyka Diomede has nothing to repent of. In addition, at the trial he personally intends to speak out against Metropolitan Kirill, accusing him of betraying Orthodoxy,” said a representative of the Chukotka diocesan administration.

Bishop Diomede of Chukotka, whom the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church decided to “defrock” until repentance, told parishioners that he would not repent and change his views, Interfax reports. “Today the bishop announced in the church that he does not intend to repent of anything, since he does not consider himself guilty, and also said that he directly explained his position to Patriarch and Metropolitan Kirill,” said the bishop’s nephew and parishioner Alexander Nesterov.

On June 30, 2008, the Blagoveshchensk City Court delivered a verdict in the case of the Amur branch of the Union of the Russian People. The leader of the organization, Igor Terekhov, as well as his "comrades-in-arms" Sergei Sychev and Yevgeny Smirnov, were found guilty under Art. 282.1 (organization of an extremist community) and Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national, racial and religious hatred). S. Sychev and E.

In June 2008, in the city of Karabanovo (Vladimir region), two men attacked Ukrainian builders who were working on the construction site of the temple. First, the men beat and stole a mobile phone from Ukrainian citizen S. When the builder managed to break free and run away, the attackers began to walk around the construction site in search of foreign workers.

In Petrozavodsk, on the night of June 29-30, a group of young people destroyed several grave crosses and painted them with inscriptions of "satanic content," Interfax reports . In addition, the back entrance to the Catherine's Church was set on fire. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there were about ten young people in the churchyard, who fled when the police appeared. One girl, 17 years old, was detained. Information about other participants of the action is specified.

In June 2008, members of the Simbirsk white Power" were beaten by three natives of Uzbekistan - two young people and young woman. They were attacked by about ten people armed with chains and knives. As a result, all three victims were hospitalized in serious condition - a girl with severe beatings, one a young man with a traumatic brain injury and a second with several stab wounds.

Prime Minister of Chuvashia Sergei Gaplikov has signed a decree transferring nine republican historical and cultural monuments to the ownership of the Cheboksary-Chuvash diocese, IA Regnum reports . The property will be transferred free of charge. The Ministry of Culture of the Republic was instructed to issue security obligations for monuments of the 17th - 20th centuries. Two of them are located in the capital of Chuvashia: the House at the Vvedensky Cathedral built in 1880 on the street.

On the night of June 27, 2008 in Yaroslavl, at the Leontievsky cemetery, unknown people destroyed about 40 grave monuments. "Everyone was kicked, some of the monuments were broken right down the middle, others uprooted." The statue at one of the graves was damaged. Visitors to the cemetery reported that the statue featured a fascist swastika and satanic symbols.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced the transfer to the Russian Orthodox Church for free use of particles of holy relics from the Moscow Kremlin Museum, Interfax reports . Among them are a part of the robe of the Most Holy Theotokos and relics of St. Prince Vladimir. "We understand how important this act is for believers, for the entire Orthodox world," Dmitry Medvedev added. The Russian Orthodox Church, in the presence of the President, was also given the relics of John the Baptist, St.