The inhabitants of the Novodevichy Convent in St. Petersburg appealed to the city authorities with a request to investigate the legality of construction in the Sunday school building. Part of the school building was given to structures subordinate to the Committee for Social Protection. Without the permission of the monastery, they began a major overhaul, violating safety standards.

On December 8, 2008, the Vyborgsky District Court of St. Petersburg satisfied the complaints of three National Bolsheviks sentenced to five days for demonstrating on November 7, 2008, and canceled the decision of the court of the previous instance. This is a flag with a black hammer and sickle in a white circle on a black background. Recall that earlier in St. Petersburg, in a similar situation, the case against the National Bolsheviks was dismissed .

On December 4, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) considered the complaint of a 74-year-old Falun Gong practitioner who was deported from Russia in 2007. The court found no violation of Art. 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which prohibits inhuman or degrading treatment.

On December 9, 2008, the Petrozavodsk City Court delivered a verdict in the case of M., accused under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity) for posting on the Internet a folder "Only for Russian fascists" containing calls for violence against immigrants, including immigrants from the Caucasus and Muslims. The defendant fully admitted his guilt and petitioned for consideration of the criminal case in a special manner. The court found M.

On December 9, 2008, the case gang of the Borovikov-Voevodin was brought to court in St. Petersburg . Recall that 14 people, 9 of whom are under arrest, are charged under Article 209 (banditry), Article 105 (murder), Article 282 (inciting national hatred or enmity) and Article 222 (illegal trafficking in firearms) of the Criminal Code RF. The defendants expressed their desire for the case to be heard by a jury. Sources Ekaterina Ivanova.

On December 5, 2008, the bill submitted to the State Duma on December 3 by United Russia deputies was withdrawn. The bill provided for tougher anti-extremist legislation in the field of Internet regulation.

According to the Department of Information and Public Relations of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Moscow, about 100 thousand people said goodbye to Patriarch Alexy II. In the funeral procession, more than 40 thousand people followed the coffin of the deceased from the Cathedral of Christ the Savior to the Yelokhov Cathedral.

On December 5, 2008, near the village of Zhabkino, Leninsky district, Moscow region, two Nazi skinheads attacked two workers from Tajikistan, Salakhetdin Azizov and Jamshat Aliev. A 20-year-old and a 22-year-old newcomer, who worked as loaders at a vegetable base, were returning from work through the grove late in the evening. As soon as the men entered the forest, they began to shoot at them from traumatic pistols. One of the men, wounded in the temple, ran away.

On December 9, 2008, in Nizhny Novgorod, on Markin Square opposite the River Station, the local regional branch of the DPNI held a picket against “ethnic crime.” Activists demanded that the city authorities “by the end of the year identify and deport all illegal immigrants from Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod region, as well as conduct large-scale inspections in places of mass residence of immigrants in order to identify members of criminal ethnic groups.” There were also demands to pass

On December 3, deputies of the United Russia faction submitted to the State Duma a draft federal law "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in Connection with Improving Activities to Counter Extremism." The draft law provides for amendments to a number of laws, including the law "On freedom of conscience and on religious associations." In particular, the proposed amendments oblige religious organizations to register not only their educational programs, but also all