was signed between the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Nizhny Novgorod Region (DUMNO) and the Nizhny Novgorod Institute for the Development of Education (NIRO). On January 20, an agreement on cooperation The document was signed by DUMNO chairman Gayaz-hazrat Zakirov and NIRO rector Nikolai Barmin.

On January 18, another meeting was held in Ryazan regarding the situation around the Ryazan Kremlin. Following the meeting, an appeal was drawn up to the President and Government of the Russian Federation, as well as other representatives of various branches of government.

In correctional colony No. 63 in the city of Ivdel, Sverdlovsk Region, prisoners are not allowed to pray. correspondents According to Islam.ru , the colony's employees inflict bodily harm on Muslim prisoners if they see them praying. In addition, objects of religious worship (literature, prayer rugs, rosaries) are taken away from Muslims.

On January 19, 2009, it became known that the prosecutor's office of the Frunzensky district of the Saratov region opened an administrative case against a minor for displaying a Nazi swastika. The case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (propaganda and public display of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols).

In December 2008, the heads of municipalities of the Sverdlovsk region received a letter signed by the head of the regional government apparatus, Sergei Shimanovsky. In this document, the official presents a number of claims to Muslims belonging to the Kazyyat administration. There are 48 mosques in the Sverdlovsk region. Of these, 23 are subordinate to the regional spiritual administration of Muslims of the Sverdlovsk region, 25 - to the Kazyyat administration of Muslims. S.

On January 16, 2009, the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Tyumen region reported on the results of the work on the investigation of extremist crimes for the year. The message of the department refers to the detention of the main participants and the leader of the Khodyrev group, which committed several nationalist attacks (the period is not specified). In September 2008, an attack on Usmanov, who received a penetrating stab wound, was exposed.

The Office of the Federal Service of the Russian Federation for Drug Control in the Republic of Bashkortostan (UFSKN) sent to the editorial office of Russian Line an appeal dedicated to the activities of Scientologists in the field of prevention and treatment of drug addiction (Narconon program).

On January 20, 2009, it became known that the trial of the nationalist murder of a native of Azerbaijan had ended in Khabarovsk. Recall that 31-year-old Dmitry Paponov and 26-year-old Alexander Shemelin are charged under paragraphs. "l, f" part 2 of article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder organized by prior agreement on the motive of national, racial hatred). The defendants deny the motive of national hatred. Sentencing is set for January 22, 2009.

On January 12, 2009, in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika, in particular, announced the statistics of the anti-extremist activity of the prosecutor's office. He stated that in just 9 months of 2008, almost 29,000 acts of prosecutorial response were issued "in connection with violations of the law on interethnic relations and countering extremism ," while in the whole of 2007 - just over 12,000. In addition, according to Yu.

On December 15, 2008, a criminal case was opened in Kazan, and on January 14, 2009, charges were brought against Irek Murtazin, the former press secretary of the President of Tatarstan. He is accused under Part 2 of Article 129 (libel), Part 1 of Article 137 (violation of privacy), paragraph “a” of Part 2, Article 282 (incitement of social hatred with the threat of violence) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

In December 2008 and January 2009, a group of young people in Ryazan carried out a series of attacks on foreign citizens, as a result of which one person was killed. On December 5, 2008, neo-Nazis attacked a citizen of Uzbekistan on Sportivnaya Street, who received serious bodily injuries as a result. On December 6, 2008, another citizen of Uzbekistan was killed on Polevaya Street, who received bodily injuries. On December 27, 2008, a native of Uzbekistan was killed motivated by national hatred.

On January 17, 2009, a group of teenagers were detained in Ryazan, who are suspected of two attacks on foreigners. Criminal cases were initiated under Art. 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm) and Art. 105 (murder). According to the representative of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Ryazan region, the detainees "explained their behavior by personal hostility and the desire to 'clean up the city of Ryazan'" .

The government of the Trans-Baikal Territory declared February 25 (the first day of the New Year according to the lunar calendar) a day off for those who practice Buddhism. The order was adopted in accordance with the Labor Code, the law "On freedom of conscience" and on the basis of a petition from the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia. Sources In Transbaikalia, New Year according to the lunar calendar is declared a day off for Buddhists // Interfax-religion. 2009. January 20.