The Minister of Education of the Moscow Region, Lidia Antonova, said that the optional courses "Spiritual Local History" and "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture" are taught in 717 schools in the Moscow Region. This makes up about 50% of all secondary educational institutions in the region. These courses are attended by more than 55 thousand schoolchildren from grades 1 to 11. According to L.

In Bashkiria, Muslims held a meeting dedicated to the policy of the Republican Spiritual Muslim Board and its current chairman, Nurmuhammad Nigmatullin. This meeting was attended by 200 representatives from 60 cities and regions of the republic, and the majority of believers spoke in favor of N. Nigmatullin's removal from his post. To this end, it is planned to hold an emergency congress.

On February 13, 2009, in Petrozavodsk, the straight edge movement held a nationalist graffiti action in the Jehovah's Witnesses church. Neo-Nazis report that such actions were carried out in several Russian cities. There was also a pogrom in the church building. Neo-Nazis smashed windows with cans of paint. During the action, pyrotechnics were used, an explosion sounded. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

On February 16, 2009, in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), a court sentenced Sergei Yurkov, coordinator of the DPNI-Yakutia (he is also the head of the Russian Community NGO), for distributing leaflets calling on the population of the city of Neryungri to fight against the Chinese who discourage work. S. Yurkov was found guilty under Part 3 of Art. 33 h. 1 art.

Representatives of the organization "Jehovah's Witnesses" from Petrozavodsk report that on February 13, the nationalist movement "Straight Edge" staged a pogrom in their church. Glass was broken in the building with the help of cans of paint, and an explosion also sounded. No one was hurt during the action. Jehovah's Witnesses also claim that extremist inscriptions and threats were previously applied to the walls of their church. The believers turned to the police.

In Kislovodsk, a serious conflict is brewing around the local mosque between officials and the Muslim community. Representatives of the mayor's office allocated to the Muslim community a territory for a mosque, on which an empty building and a wall, which are an architectural monument, are located. No resolutions on the allocation of land and accompanying documentation were issued.

On February 13, 2009, the regional election commission of the Vladimir region sent an election video clip of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation to the prosecutor's office, believing that it contained signs of extremism. The video "Let's Defend the Vladimir Region" is a part of the communist campaign before the elections to the local Legislative Assembly, which will be held on March 1, 2009.

of the Dzerzhinsky Federal Court of St. Petersburg, On February 16, at a regular meeting Dmitry Dubrovsky, an expert from the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. According to the expert, none of the articles in which the prosecutor's office found extremism contains calls for any violent and illegal actions.

On February 15, Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko spoke at the opening Christmas readings. He announced the beginning of state licensing of theological seminaries. This possibility was provided for by amendments to the laws “On Education” and “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations” adopted in February 2008. Applications from Moscow, Smolensk and Khabarovsk theological seminaries are currently being considered.

On February 17, 2009, the Investigative Bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Mari El completed the investigation of the criminal case, Part 1, Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity) in relation to a 37-year-old unemployed resident of Kozmodemyansk. The case was sent for consideration to the Kozmodemyansky city court.

On February 16, a constituent assembly was held in Kemerovo, at which the Centralized Religious Organization "Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Kemerovo Region" (DUMCO) was formed. 8 out of 14 Muslim organizations existing in the region became founders.

On February 17, 2009, in Ryazan, three activists of the "White Patrol" organization, motivated by national hatred and enmity, beat two citizens of Armenia. The case was investigated and taken to court. Sources Chelikanova I. "White Wolves", "White Inquisition" and other "white" // RIA "Media Ryazan". 2010. February 10.

On February 17, in the city of Malgobek (Ingushetia), unidentified persons fired on a mosque. There were no victims or injured, but the front door of the building was damaged. The attackers are being identified. Sources Mosque shelled in Ingush Malgobek // Interfax-religion. 2009. February 17.