On February 15, public hearings were held in Syktyvkar on the construction of an Orthodox chapel on Stefanovskaya Square. The author of the project, Georgy Rodionov, proposed to install a chapel on the site of St. Stephen's Cathedral, which was destroyed in the 1930s. Some of the participants in the hearings, despite the assurances of the mayor of the city Roman Zenishchev that the chapel would be built not with budget money, but with donations, offered to spend these funds on kindergartens.

On February 15, 2010, two students from South Korea were attacked in Barnaul (Altai Territory). Several people attacked students (a young man and a girl) near their home. The attackers did not take anything from the foreigners. The victim, Yi Zhen, was treated and released home, while Kyong Byong Gil (Kang Peng Gil) suffered serious injuries, including stab wounds, and is in intensive care. On February 18, 2010, a student from South Korea died in hospital from his injuries.

On February 11, 2010, the Supreme Court of Russia upheld the verdict in the case of the far-right group, passed by the Volgograd Regional Court in August 2009. Let us recall that the verdict in the case of an attack on a Gypsy camp in the city of Volzhsky in the spring of 2006 was given to eight right-wing radicals, six of whom were minors. Alexander Zhadyaev was found guilty under paragraph "a" of Part 2 of Art.

On February 12, the Tushinsky District Court in Moscow ordered the parish council of the Transfiguration Church in Tushino to reinstate Nikolai Zemlyany as deputy chairman of the council and pay him 80 thousand rubles for forced seven-month absence and 2 thousand rubles as compensation for moral damage. On February 15, the rector of the church, priest Vasily Vorontsov, reorganized the parish council, abolishing the position of deputy chairman.

In February 2010, it became known that Denis Tyukin, head of the regional "Movement Against Illegal Immigration" (DPNI-Vyatka) in Kirov, was charged under Part 1 of Art. 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (creation of an extremist community) and paragraph "c" part 2 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity committed by an organized group). According to paragraph "c" part 2 of Art.

On February 15, the Kaluga District Court began considering the case of two policemen, Valery Abramtsev and Alexander Rudov, accused of abuse of office (paragraph "a", part 3, article 286) and inciting hatred with the use of violence using their official position (paragraph "a" , b "part 1 of article 282) for beating two natives of Uzbekistan. However, already on March 12, 2010, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office. Reasons for the judge's decision Unfortunately not known.

On February 16, the Arbitration Court of the Vladimir Region ruled on a lawsuit filed by the Department of Property and Land Relations (DISO) of the Administration of the Vladimir Region against the parish of the Church of St. Ephraim the Syrian (with a chapel of St. Simeon the Stylite) of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC) in the village of Omutskoye, Suzdal District.

In mid-February 2010, the Severobaikalsky City Court (Republic of Buryatia) delivered a guilty verdict under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred or enmity committed publicly, with the use of the mass media) in relation to the accused I.

On February 16, Deputy Mayor of Moscow Sergey Baidakov announced the intention of the Moscow government to allocate budgetary funds for the restoration of places of worship: "These are Christian churches, and mosques, and prayer houses. The Mayor of Moscow has repeatedly stressed that harmony between different nationalities and religions in the city is our main achievement. And here we make no distinction.

On February 16, it became known that the Severobaikalsky City Court (Buryatia) passed a sentence under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity using the media).

Aleksey Kolegov, leader of the national-patriotic organization Frontier of the North, called for fundraising to challenge the decision to build a mosque in Syktyvkar and create a fund to fight the mosque. Earlier, national-patriotic associations organized a collection of signatures against the construction of the mosque.

The owners of the building on Rubtsovskaya Embankment in Moscow unilaterally terminated the lease agreement with the Azerbaijan Sunni Center. Divine services were held in the premises of this center, gathering 2,000 people on Fridays. The owners explained their decision by the requirement of the Ministry of Emergency Situations to strengthen fire safety measures. Sources The Islamic Center in Moscow is closed by order of the Ministry of Emergency Situations // IslamNews.ru. February 12, 2010