About 50 residents of the Volgograd region refused to receive pensions under the new payment orders.

The Human Rights Center of the World Russian People's Council (VRNS) called for legal regulation of the use of religious symbols. The ARNC is concerned that often religious symbols are used for fraudulent purposes. "Thousands of swindlers across the country in cassocks and with pectoral crosses collect "donations" for the restoration of non-existent churches and monasteries.

The decision of the Soviet Court of Novosibirsk on the termination of the activities of the research cultural and educational fund "Madrese-uz-Zehra" came into force. The reason for the liquidation was violations in the organization of the fund's activities - documents were not submitted to the Federal Registration Service. The Federal Reserve Board decided to liquidate Madreset-uz-Zehra.

On October 16, 2008, it became known that the investigative department for the Nizhny Novgorod region of Nizhny Novgorod of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod region began a check on the collective appeal of Orthodox believers demanding to be prosecuted under Art.

By the 100th anniversary of the canonization of Joasaph of Belgorod, the administration of the Belgorod region intends to carry out work on the improvement of the region. "Each territory, courtyard must be brought into a joyful, Easter state," Governor Yevgeny Savchenko said. In preparation for the anniversary, the authorities are going to restore Orthodox churches.

A public committee of Orthodox action "Anti-raiding" has been created in Moscow. Its goal will be the transfer of the buildings of former Orthodox churches to the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as the construction of new ones in residential areas. The reason for the creation of the organization was the conflict around the building on the street. Innovators, about which the opinions of the public and official representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church differed.

On October 17, the Public Committee on Human Rights addressed the Prosecutor General Yury Chaika with a statement regarding the situation around the 2x2 TV channel. The applicants accuse the TV channel of systematic “criminal activities <...> to propagate Nazism, moreover, using the methods of psychological violence”, i.e. technology "25 frame".

On October 22, 2008, it became known about the death of a native of Chechnya, Ramzan Chakaev, which occurred in the village of Ushakovskoye, Kataisky district, Kurgan region in June 2008. Relatives of the deceased see his death as a crime motivated by ethnic hatred.

On October 21, 2008, the St. Petersburg City Court rejected the claim of Rossvyazohrankultura regarding the closure of the New Petersburg newspaper, finding no signs of extremism in the articles “Why will we go to the march of dissent” by Nikolai Andrushchenko and “Here is the real candidate” by Konstantin Chernyaev.

On October 22, 2008, the Novgorod City Court began considering the case under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity) against citizen A., who in June-October 2007 placed folders on the server of OOO Novgorod-Datecom with agitation and propaganda materials of neo-Nazi content.

On October 21, 2008, the Judicial Collegium for Civil Cases of the Supreme Court of Russia did not satisfy the cassation of the Deputy Prosecutor of the Trans-Baikal Territory, Valery Makarov, in the case of the liquidation of the youth guitar song studio "Great Istok". It is reported that on August 27, 2008, the Chita Regional Court denied V. Makarov's claim to liquidate the guitar studio and exclude it from the unified state register of legal entities.