In July, about 70 members of Ryazan's Nadezhda Evangelical Baptist Church set up a tent camp in the Korablinsky district of the Ryazan region. The believers planned to rest there with their children from 11 to 21 July. However, on July 15, one of the organizers of the holiday, pastor Andrey Krylov, was summoned to the head of the criminal investigation department of the district.

On August 20, 2009, the Kirovsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don began considering the case of the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Priazovsky Krai" Vasily Kuchkov, accused under paragraph "b" part 2 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred or enmity, committed with the use of mass media, by a person using his official position). It should be reminded that Kuchkov is accused because of the appearance in issue No.

On August 20, 2009, the Supreme Court of Bashkiria overturned the decision of the Kirovsky District Court of Ufa to recognize the November issue of the Maidan newspaper as extremist material. The reason for this decision of the court was that on June 16, 2009 the court of first instance did not notify the editor and author of the articles in the issue Airat Dilmukhametov about the meeting.

On August 20, 2009, some details of the attack on an anti-fascist concert in Murmansk became known. The case was initiated under Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism). At least 5 people pass through it. The affiliation of the suspects to right-wing football fans is being checked. Sources Barsova K. In Murmansk, a criminal case was initiated against northerners who beat informals in May // TVNZ. 2009. August 20.

The prosecutor's office of the Bykovsky district of the Volgograd region conducted an investigation into the fact of the transfer to the Orthodox parish of a building that was in municipal ownership. The decision of the Bykovsky District Duma and the head of the Bykovsky Municipal District to transfer the bath building built in 1983 to the parish of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the village of Novonikolskoye was declared illegal.

On August 20, 2009, in Ufa, against three minors who attacked a criminal case was initiated an African under Art. 116 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (beatings). One of the possible versions of the attack, the investigation considers racial hostility. The suspects were released on bail. In February 2010, the justice of the peace of the Ordzhonikidzevsky district of Ufa convicted the attackers. Sources Yakhina E. Underage skinheads detained in Ufa? // Ufa1.Ru. 2009. August 21.

On August 20, a press conference was held at Moskovsky Komsomolets by representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and religious organizations dedicated to the preparation for the introduction of the institution of chaplains in the Russian army.

In August 2009, in Ufa, on Pobedy Street near the dormitory of the Ufa Oil University, three teenagers with shaved heads, dressed in high boots and leather jackets, attacked a dark-skinned student of the Ufa State Oil Technical University, a native of the Republic of Chad. The student was attacked when he was walking on the street with two fellow students. One of the girls saw that they were being pursued by three young, shaven-headed men dressed in high boots and leather jackets.

On August 4, a statement was published by the Runet Council of Atheists in connection with the start of an experiment to introduce the subject “Spiritual and Moral Education” in schools. The possibility of studying secular ethics for those who do not wish to attend religious disciplines is noted in the document as a positive fact.

On August 19, an act was signed on the transfer of 155 items from the funds of the state historical and architectural museum-reserve "Ryazan Kremlin" for temporary free use of the local diocese. The transfer took place on the basis of Order No. 319 of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation dated June 19, 2009 and an agreement on the transfer of museum religious objects for free temporary use dated April 7, 2009.

The Institute of Religion and Law issued an open appeal to President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov, Commissioner for Human Rights Vladimir Lukin, several representatives of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation and the head of the Synodal Department for Church and Society Interaction Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin.

On August 21, 2009, the Department for the Investigation of Particularly Important Cases under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Region completed a new investigation into the criminal case against Ivan Mironov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Robert Yashin and Alexander Naydenov, accused of attempting to assassinate Anatoly Chubais. The accused are charged with Part 3 of Art. 30, part 2, art. 105 (attempted murder), Part 2 of Art.