On July 14, 2009, the action "Old Testament extreme" began. As part of this action, statements are sent to the prosecutor's offices of various regions demanding that the Old Testament be recognized as extremist literature.

On October 5, 2009, in the Republic of Buryatia, Roskomnadzor issued an anti-extremist warning to the editors of the Tarbagatai regional newspaper Puls Sela. A warning was issued for the publication of an article by E. Myasnikova "Who should write memoirs, and who should work!" in No. 37-38 of August 06, 2009. According to the results of the examination, the article "contains signs of extremism" and "statements aimed at inciting ethnic hatred" .

On October 10, a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church took place in St. Petersburg. At this meeting, it was decided to establish the Buryat diocese. The Buryat diocese will be separated from the Chita diocese and will be headed by Bishop Savvaty (Antonov). Sources JOURNALS of the meeting of the Holy Synod of October 10, 2009 // Patriarchy.ru. 2009. October 10. *

On October 12, 2009, it became known about the preparation of a draft law "On Amendments to the Federal Law └On Freedom of Conscience and on Religious Associations: and to the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation." The most controversial proposal is not to include among the founders and members of a religious organization persons convicted "for inciting inter-ethnic and inter-religious hatred or other crimes of an extremist nature." These same persons are prohibited from

In October 2009, in Kirov, Vasily Varankin was charged with beating two Azerbaijani citizens. Unfortunately, the date and details of the attack have not been released. But initially, the investigation qualified the attack on Azerbaijani citizens as nationalistically motivated. Previously, Varankin was involved in the case as a witness. Varankin was also charged with threatening to kill a woman and beating a neighbor. The details of these two incidents are unknown.

On October 10, 2009, it became known that the cemetery of the village of Kalininskaya was desecrated in the Krasnodar Territory. About 20 tombstones were destroyed: tombstones were broken and monuments were damaged. It should be reminded that earlier 24 tombstones and 7 crosses on the graves were desecrated at the same cemetery. Sources Police looking for vandals // Krasnodar news. 2009. October 10.

On July 14, 2009, the action "Old Testament extreme" began. The prosecutor's offices of several regions of the country began to receive applications demanding that the Old Testament be recognized as extremist literature.

In July 2009, the action of a number of activists of pagan and / or nationalist movements to discredit Russian anti-extremist legislation was launched, and in October became known to a wide circle, by filing mass applications with the prosecutor's office with a request to recognize the Old Testament as extremist material. (For more details about the action, see the sections "Religion in a Secular Society" and "Manifestations of Radical Nationalism" .) We publish our commentary.

In early October 2009, ultra-right group activists held an organized graffiti action in Kaliningrad. In a short time, a number of buildings and shops in the city were covered with ethnocentric slogans and slogans advertising neo-Nazis. Based on materials from right-wing radical sites

On October 9, 2009, in Barnaul (Altai Territory), a group of neo-Nazis marched through the city, chanting nationalist slogans. Seven people marched along Yurina Street, throwing up their hands in a Nazi salute and shouting "Glory to Russia! Heil Hitler!", "White Russia!," Russia for the Russians ! Having reached the intersection with Shukshin Street, the Nazi skinheads turned onto it and continued their procession. Sources Neo-Nazis marched in Barnaul // IA "Atmosphere". 2009. October 9.

On October 5, 2009, in the Tyumen region, at the Ishim city cemetery, vandals destroyed 19 tombstones, among which were tombstones erected on the graves of veterans of the Great Patriotic War. On this fact, the Department of Inquiry of the Intermunicipal Department of Internal Affairs "Ishimskoe" initiated a criminal case under Art. 244 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (damage to grave structures). The suspects were detained.

On October 12, 2009, it became known that the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation was preparing a draft law "On Amendments to the Federal Law "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations" and to the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation." Among other things, the draft law stipulates that "the founders, members and participants of a religious organization cannot be convicted of inciting interethnic and interreligious hatred or other crimes of an extremist

The authorities of Tambov allocated land to Muslims for the construction of the first mosque in the city. The relevant documents have already been collected, now the project is being coordinated and financial issues are being resolved. "Thank God, the authorities support us in this good undertaking, although the deadline for preparing documents has already expired many times, and we could lose the land provided to us," said Imam Abduragim Ilyasov.