On July 1, in Moscow, on the initiative of the rector of the Moscow State Linguistic University, Academician of the Russian Academy of Education, Irina Khaleeva, an interuniversity council for spiritual education in Russia and the CIS was established. The decision to create it was made following the results of the conference "Dialogue of languages, cultures and religions - a priority trend in the development and deepening of cooperation between peoples in the 21st century" held in the capital.

On July 1, 2009, in the village of Krasnaya Poyma, Lukhovitsky District, Moscow Region, teenagers attacked two Uzbek citizens waiting on the road for a bus at a bus stop. The attackers insulted the Uzbeks "on a national basis" , and offered to "get out to yourself . " The teenagers beat the men with their fists in the face and body. The victims had bruises and abrasions.

On June 30, in Yekaterinburg, workers from Uzbekistan working on the construction of the Holy Trinity Church complex began a protest action under the walls of the cathedral. They are protesting that the diocese does not pay them money for their work. The workers did not conclude an agreement, according to them, they limited themselves to an oral agreement with Bishop Vincent of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye.

On June 29, 2009, the Krasnoyarsk garrison military court delivered a verdict in the case of five conscripts from North Ossetia who abused two Russian conscripts who were forced to jump off a train on November 29, 2008. hospitalized. The court found all five defendants guilty under Part 3 of Art. 335 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of the statutory rules of relations between military personnel, which entailed grave consequences).

On June 30, 2009, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Mordovia dismissed the claim of the Republic's Prosecutor to terminate the activities of the social and political newspaper Erzyan Mastor . Remember, the trial lasted almost 2 years. In April 2009, an examination showed signs of inciting hatred in the newspaper's materials . The decision of the court can be appealed by the prosecutor's office. Inc. inf.

In June 2009, the Levada Center presented the results of the research "Religion and religiosity in Russia", conducted in February this year. 72.6% of the respondents identified themselves as Orthodox, 7.3% identified themselves as atheists. Some other branch of Christianity (including Catholicism) identified themselves with 1.2%, with Islam, Buddhism and Judaism - 6.3% of the study participants. 42% of Orthodox Christians unconditionally believe in God.

In June, 2009, according to our data, not less than 27 people, including 4 fatalities, became victims of racist and neo-Nazi violence. (In June, 2008, 1 person was killed and 20 injured.) In all, from the beginning of the year 2009, not less than 36 people died and 147 were injured as a result of such attacks. (In 2008, in the same period of time, not less than 67 people died and 266 were injured.) In June, neo-Nazi skinheads' attacks and other incidents were reported in Moscow, St.