Metropolitan of Kaluga and Borovsk Clement (Kapalin) addressed the leadership of the Kaluga region with a request to introduce “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture” as a compulsory subject in schools in the region.

At the end of August 2008, the Pskov regional prosecutor's office removed suspicions from local nationalist Dmitry Belyaev (in 2008 - a member of the Liberal Democratic Party), who was involved in the case of posting xenophobic statements on one of the Internet forums. Recall that the case was initiated at the end of December 2007 under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the fact of the statements of a person hiding behind the nickname "Russian Pskov". In addition to D.

entered into force On September 2, 2008, the verdict handed down in July 2008 by the Aleksandrovsky City Court of the Vladimir Region to 24-year-old local resident Alexander Butuzov . He was found guilty of inciting ethnic hatred and sentenced to a fine of 54,000 rubles. A. Butuzov was accused of that.

The Nizhny Novgorod Historical Museum agreed to transfer the Vladimir (Oransk) Icon of the Mother of God to the Nizhny Novgorod diocese for a period of three years. The diocese undertakes to comply with the conditions imposed by Rosokhrankultura: place the icon in an armored hermetic icon case, ensure compliance with the temperature and humidity regime, constant security, and video surveillance. If these requirements are met, the contract may be extended. In 2005, the icon of Ven.

Journalist of the Islamic television company "TV-Chirkey" Telman (Abdulla) Alishaev was killed in Dagestan. On September 2, unknown persons shot him with a pistol. On September 3, he died in the hospital without regaining consciousness. A. Alishaev was one of the authors of the film “Ordinary Wahhabism” and the host of several programs about Islam. Sources Maltsev S., Nikulin P. Journalists are beaten at point-blank range // Gazeta.ru. 2008. September 3.

Director of the comprehensive Orthodox school of regents at the parish of the Church of St. The wife of the Myrrh-Bearers of the Pskov Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, Ivan Adelgeim, filed a lawsuit for reinstatement at work and compensation for material damage. The school is an independent legal entity, but exists at the expense of the parish. After the removal of the parish rector, Archpriest Pavel Adelgeim, the school lost its livelihood.

The Muslim religious organization "Al-Fath" on behalf of the Muslims of St. Petersburg appealed to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with a request to establish state awards with Muslim symbols.

In early September 2008, the St. Petersburg prosecutor's office announced the completion of the investigation of another criminal case on charges of inciting ethnic hatred against the leader of the ultra-right Party of Freedom (PS) Yuri Belyaev. Back in 2007 , i.e. A few months after Yury Belyaev received a guilty but suspended sentence on a similar charge, another publication on the organization's website attracted the attention of the prosecutor's office.

On August 27, 2008, the Boksitogorsk city court (Leningrad region) delivered a verdict in the case of Alexander ("Dj saga") Smirnov , a neo-Nazi policeman accused, in particular, of inciting ethnic hatred. The court found it proved that the materials he posted on the Internet (on his own website and blog) were aggressively xenophobic in nature, and found A. Smirnov guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 (inciting national hatred). In addition, since ammunition was confiscated from A.

In early September 2008, the prosecutor's office of Bashkiria indicted two of a group of Nazi skinheads suspected of a series of racist attacks on foreign students in May 2008. As a result of these attacks, at least four people were injured - from Turkey and Vietnam. The group consisted of ten people (including one girl), aged 16-18. All attacks were qualified according to p.p.

On the night of September 3, an unknown person broke a window in a Muslim prayer house in Furmanovo, Ivanovo region, with a stone. In addition, the attacker built a sign of bricks that looked like a swastika on a flower bed in front of the building. An 18-year-old local resident was detained on suspicion of hooliganism. According to preliminary data, he was in a state of intoxication.

The Interreligious Council of Kalmykia declared support for a local legislative initiative to limit the admission of children to gaming and entertainment facilities at night. "We are concerned about the situation associated with the growth of child and adolescent crime in the republic. We believe that the solution of this problem should become a priority for the whole society, since the future of our small homeland depends on it," the appeal sent to the republican parliament says.