We are publishing the text of one of the independent studies conducted as part of a lawsuit filed by the Krasnodar prosecutor's office to recognize three Watchtower magazines and the book Draw Close to Jehovah as extremist materials. The study was carried out by the head of the department of experimental lexicography of the Institute of the Russian Language. V.V. Vinogradov RAS Professor A.N. Baranov.

On December 1, 2009, it became known that the acting head of the Vladimir Regional Administration of the Federal Property Management Agency, Vladimir Gorlanov, at the end of November sent a letter to the Suzdal police department with a request to initiate a criminal case against the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC) and its leader. The letter refers to damage to historical and cultural monuments.

On December 1, it became known that the Syktyvkar prosecutor's office issued a warning to the newspaper Diocesan Vedomosti and the author of the article "Caution: destructive movements, sects and cults!" Baptist Christians said they were satisfied with the actions of the prosecutor's office. Recall that in July 2009 the newspaper published an article "Caution: destructive movements, sects and cults!", in which the Baptists were classified as "sectarians".

On December 1, 2009, in Tyumen, a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for the implementation of extremist activities), initiated against a 33-year-old resident of the city, Vladimir Kopeikin. According to the investigation, on April 7, 2009, under the name "Nikon", Kopeikin posted on the forum of one of the well-known Russian news agencies an article he had copied from one of the nationalist websites.

On March 11, 2009, the prosecutor of the Krasnodar Territory applied to the Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar with a statement declaring three magazines, Watchtower, and the book Draw Close to Jehovah as extremist. As the basis for their claims, the prosecutors submitted to the court an expert study conducted in November 2008 by the chief expert of the Forensic Expert Center of the Main Department of Internal Affairs in the Krasnodar Territory, candidate of philological sciences S.

On November 21, the Department for the Protection, Restoration and Exploitation of the Cultural Heritage of the Krasnodar Territory sent a notice to the Novorossiysk Lutherans about the termination of the contract for the unlimited use of the church building - the only one in the region. The premises are proposed to be vacated by December 21. Otherwise, the question of forced eviction may be raised.

issued to him on April 14, 2009 by the republican prosecutor's office On November 24, the Supreme Court of Tatarstan refused to satisfy Airat Shakirov's complaint against the decision of the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan, which recognized as legitimate the warning about the inadmissibility of carrying out extremist activities.

On November 30, a meeting of representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church and deputies of the Just Russia faction was held in the State Duma.