On January 29, the head of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation for Komi, Nikolai Basmanov, during a press conference, commented on the situation around the construction of a mosque in Syktyvkar. According to the chief investigator of the republic, this construction will not cause interfaith conflicts: "Citizens of our country should have the right to exercise their religious beliefs," he told KomiOnline .

On January 27, 2010, at the preliminary hearings that began, the Moscow City Court decided to transfer the criminal case against members of the racist group “Lev Molotkov’s gang” to the Moscow District Military Court (MOVS). In total, 13 far-right activists are involved in the case, suspected of committing 39 crimes of an “extremist nature,” including 27 murders. The case was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, since one of the group members turned out to be a fugitive serviceman.

On January 28, Minister of Education and Science of Chechnya Anzor Muzaev and head of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Republic Sultan Mirzaev signed an agreement on cooperation. The Ministry took upon itself the obligation to complete the libraries of educational institutions with books of spiritual and moral content, and the Spiritual Muslim Board - to conduct religious and educational lessons in secondary, secondary specialized and higher educational institutions.

On January 29, the first meeting of the Presidium of the Inter-Council Presence, established by the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on July 27, 2009, was held in Moscow. During the first meeting, 13 commissions of the Inter-Council Presence and their composition were approved . Sources The first meeting of the Presidium of the Inter-Council Presence opened in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior // Patriarchy.ru. 2010. January 29.

On January 28, 2010 in Magnitogorsk (Chelyabinsk region) a criminal case was initiated under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for extremist activities using the media) against a 36-year-old man. According to the investigation, in 2006 Vyacheslav Loza wrote an article "Program of the Russian National Movement" and posted it on the Internet on his own website "Russian National Movement of Magnitogorsk".

During the round table "News in the legislation regulating the activity of religious organizations", held in the State Duma of the Russian Federation on January 29, Zhunus Dzhakupov, director of the department for NGO affairs at the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, presented data on the number of religious organizations in Russia. According to him, in 2009 the number of registered religious organizations increased by 1.7% (843 organizations) compared to 2008.

On January 28, the head of the Synodal Department for External Church Relations (DECR), Archbishop Hilarion (Alfeev), met with US Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle. During the meeting, the archbishop announced the readiness of the Russian Orthodox Church to participate in the preparation of materials for the annual report of the US State Department on the implementation of religious freedom.

On January 28, 2010 the prosecutor's office of the Tambov region announced that the court of the Sovietsky and Leninsky districts of Tambov ordered the Internet companies Center Telecom OJSC, VimpelCom OJSC (Beeline) and Votek Mobile CJSC, which provide access to the Internet in the region, restrict access to two NBP sites. The prosecutor's office calls the reason for this the fact that the party was banned for extremism, and campaign materials were published on the websites.

On January 29, 2010, the Petrozavodsk City Court (Republic of Karelia) delivered a verdict in the case of 22-year-old Artem G., accused under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity).

On January 20, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for the Novosibirsk Region withdrew the warning issued on September 29, 2009 by the Church of Evangelical Christians (CVE) "Church of the Covenant" regarding the revealed violations of the law. In early October 2009, the Covenant Church filed a complaint against this warning.

On January 28, 2010, it became known that in the Chechen Republic a criminal case was initiated against Khamzat Shemilev under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting national hatred or enmity) and Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for terrorist activities).