On December 23, during a meeting with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' said that the Russian Orthodox Church accepts “any choice of a person, including in the field of sexual orientation, this is a personal matter.” At the same time, he noted that the position of the Church in relation to the phenomenon itself remains the same: “The religious tradition of almost all nations testifies that homosexuality is a sin.” However,

In mid-December, a trial was held in Moscow on the complaint of the Center for Spiritual Practices "Adonai" against the newspaper "Novye Izvestia". The reason for the complaint was the publication in the November issue of the newspaper in 2006. The article talked about the use of magic and sorcery for commercial purposes and mentioned the "Adonai" center. A correspondent who attended a reception at this center claimed that charlatans were working there.

On December 25, 2009, the Prosecutor's Office of the Khabarovsk Territory published a report on "crimes of an extremist nature", in which, in particular, it was reported that local nazbols, brothers Dmitry and Alexander Vorony, filed a cassation appeal against the verdict of the Central District Court of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, issued in March 2009.

On December 24, 2009, in Novosibirsk, the Oktyabrsky District Court partially satisfied the claims of relatives of a cadet of the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School (NVVKU) Radmir Sagitov, who committed suicide due to bullying by fellow students. As compensation for the moral damage suffered, Sagitov's parents will receive 1.5 million rubles each from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, and his sister - 0.5 million rubles.

December 25, 2009 in Moscow on Pokrovka Street there was an attack on a native of Afghanistan. The attack took place near the Golden Vobla restaurant. The Afghan was standing and waiting for a friend when five young people approached him and, shouting "what are you doing here", hit him. He tried to resist, but they threw him jacket on his head and "began to kill." He was hit with a champagne bottle, knocked down and kicked while shouting xenophobic insults and "who are you".

On December 25, a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church took place. The meeting participants instructed the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church to develop a concept for publishing activities.

On December 20, 2009, in Petrozavodsk (Republic of Karelia), an apartment on Oktyabrsky Prospekt, where Vietnamese citizens live, was attacked. A young man dressed in black knocked on the apartment, and when the owner opened the door, he shot the Vietnamese citizen in the head (probably with a rocket launcher). Victim Nguyen Anh, 35, was hospitalized in serious condition with severe eye damage and extensive facial burns. A criminal case has been initiated under Part 2 of Art.

On December 22, 2009, the Magistrate of Orsk (Orenburg Region) ruled to dismiss the administrative case against the chairman of the local religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses, Konstantin Kvartyuk, due to the absence of an administrative offense in his actions. On October 24 and 25, the Orsk "Witnesses" held a congress (worship service) in a rented building without notifying the authorities.

was once again updated on the website of the Ministry of Justice of Russia On December 25, 2009, the Federal List of Extremist Materials . Nos. 455-462 were included in it. Update of the federal list of extremist materials Internet resource www.vdesyatku.biz and information materials posted on it. The decision was made by the Samara District Court of Samara on 28.09.2009. (Item 455 was re-introduced under the same number). Klimov A. Poisonous fish (Zionists and Freemasons in Japan).