On December 10, 2009 in Moscow, in the city government building on Novy Arbat, the II All-Russian Conference "Cities of Russia for civil solidarity and interethnic harmony" opened. The event is attended by heads of administrative centers of the country, authorized representatives of the President in the regions and religious figures.

On December 8, 2009, it became known that 22-year-old Kaluga resident Sergei Gorinov was brought to administrative responsibility in Kaluga for distributing the extremist film "The Eternal Jew." The file with the film "Eternal Jew", recognized as extremist and included in the federal list of extremist materials , was found in the accessible folders of one of the Internet users by the FSB during a routine check in July 2009, and through the provider they found out the name of the distributor.

The bailiffs of Transbaikalia are demanding that the religious organization of Christians of the Evangelical faith "Jesus Christ Mission" return the debt on insurance premiums and for the consignment of flour purchased in 2008. The total amount of debt is 70 thousand rubles. On account of the debt, the bailiffs confiscated a UAZ car and a heated wooden garage from the members of the organization. The car has already been sold, the garage will also be put up for auction.

On December 10, 2009, the Kostroma prosecutor's office announced the transfer to the Sverdlovsky District Court of a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting social hatred) in relation to 32-year-old Roman Zamuraev, who posted on the Internet the text of a leaflet recognized as extremist material "You chose - you judge!" .

A project has been prepared to create a department within the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation to work with religious military personnel. The tasks of the administration will include the management of the institute of clergy introduced in the Russian army. According to the head of the department of the Main Directorate of Educational Work of the Armed Forces, Igor Sergienko, the new department could be headed by an Orthodox priest.

On December 10, 2009, the head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor) Sergei Sitnikov told Rossiyskaya Gazeta that his department had filed a lawsuit against the publisher of the newspaper To the Barrier! (The newspaper is the assignee of the newspaper "Duel" closed in 2009 ).

On November 4, meeting with young people within the framework of the VIII Church-Public Exhibition-Forum "Orthodox Rus'", Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' spoke out in support of the creation of an all-Russian youth organization.

On December 3, a round table "Human Rights and Missionary Activities of Religious Organizations in the Russian Federation" was held in Moscow, organized by the Euro-Asian Branch of the International Association for Religious Freedom (JAO MARS), the Slavic Law Center (SLC) and the Institute of Religion and Law. The event was attended by lawyers, scientists, representatives of religious organizations.

Bishop Savvaty of Ulan-Ude and Buryatia accuses the leadership of the Cheboksary Gymnasium No. 2 of forcing fourth-graders to choose a block of secular ethics out of four proposed in the course "Fundamentals of Religious Cultures and Secular Ethics." In his blog, the bishop, who until October 2009 was the vicar of the Cheboksary diocese, published a photograph of the application form distributed by the administration of the gymnasium among fourth grade students.

On October 10, a training camp for clergy opened in the Rostov region, who will be appointed to the positions of assistant commanders for working with religious servicemen in formations of the North Caucasus Military District and at military bases outside of Russia. About 30 priests are participating in the gathering.