On March 4, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' visited the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI). In preparation for this visit, the university management removed the monument to the “MYTHICAL STUDENT” from the courtyard of the institute and installed an Orthodox cross in its place. This caused dissatisfaction among many students.

The Public Chamber of Komi and the society "Memorial" appealed to the republican prosecutor's office with a demand to initiate a criminal case against the leader of the "Frontier of the North" movement, Alexei Kolegov, under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity).

"Bulletin of the Orthodox St. Tikhon University for the Humanities" is included in the list of publications, publications in which are counted in the preparation of dissertations. The list of the Higher Attestation Commission includes the following series: "Bulletin of PSTGU. Series I. Theology, philosophy"; "Bulletin of PSTGU. Series II. History. History of the Russian Orthodox Church"; "Bulletin of PSTGU. Series III. Philology"; "Bulletin of PSTGU. Series IV. Pedagogy. Psychology".

On March 3, the annual meeting of the Altai diocese took place in Barnaul. The report of Bishop Maxim (Dmitriev) of Barnaul and Altai contained statistical data about the diocese. “In the Barnaul diocese there are 254 churches and chapels, of which: 2 cathedrals; 5 monastery churches; 52 chapels. In addition, 32 churches are under construction. 156 priests and 19 deacons serve in the parishes; a total of 175 clergy. 7 priests and 1 deacon. In total there are 8 clergy in the monasteries.

On February 27, the Representative of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC) in the Arbitration Court of the Vladimir Region, Sergey Sychev, filed a complaint with the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation about violations of the Code of Administrative Procedure of the Russian Federation during the trial on the claims of the Department of Property and Land Relations of the Administration of the Vladimir Region against the ROAC.

On March 4, 2010, it became known that in Kirov, in the case of posting neo-Nazi materials on a social network. 23-year-old Kurganov was acquitted The young man was charged under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity) for posting a photo with images of a swastika, the anthem of the Third Reich and video clips about Nazi skinheads on his personal page on the social network Vkontakte.

On March 3, 2010, it became known that a pre-investigation check was being carried out in Kursk on the fact that stencil images appeared on two streets of the city with calls to kill migrants. It was found that anti-migrant graffiti had been painted by four teenagers aged 15 to 18, students of a lyceum, a technical school and a school in Kursk. An expert study of images and inscriptions was carried out. The audit will be made a procedural decision.

At the beginning of March 2010, the Magistrate's Court of the Kirovsky District of Rostov-on-Don found B. Bilich guilty under paragraph "b" of Part 2 of Art. 116 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (beating motivated by national hatred or enmity). The defendant was charged with racist beating of G.K. The court appointed B. Bilic 8 months of imprisonment (conditionally) with a probationary period of 8 months. Sources Extremism case goes to trial // Hammer. 2010. March 3.

On March 3, 2010, it became known about a recent racist attack on G. K. in Rostov-on-Don. The beating was accompanied by insults related to national origin. This became known from the news about the verdict handed down by the world court. Sources Extremism case goes to trial // Hammer. 2010. March 3.

Members of the Federation Council from Buryatia, Kalmykia and Tuva applied to the Russian Foreign Ministry with a request to issue an entry visa to the 14th Dalai Lama. The senators consider the invitation of Russian Buddhists to be the basis for issuing a visa.