On March 19, the State Duma adopted in the second reading a bill on supporting socially oriented non-profit organizations. "The most important amendment concerns the inclusion of religious organizations in the list of non-profit organizations that can be classified as socially oriented," Sergey Popov, head of the State Duma Committee on told Interfax-Religion .

On the night of March 19, the church of Martin the Confessor was set on fire in Arkhangelsk. The suspect was arrested immediately. The man told the policemen that he had been drinking with a friend near the temple. Then they decided to set fire to the temple and the nearby toilet. After that, one of the arsonists ran away, and the second began to throw grave wreaths into the fire from a nearby cemetery. An investigation into the incident has begun.

On March 16, 2010 in Samara, Denis Avdeev, Senior Assistant to the Prosecutor of the Samara Region for Supervision of the Enforcement of Laws on Federal Security, Interethnic Relations and Countering Extremism, who took part in the seminar "Combating Extremism and Individual Rights", announced the initiative of the Prosecutor General's Office regarding the practice of recognition printed materials extremist.

The executive director of the social movement Lev Ponomarev, several scientists and public figures turned to the editors of the media, which released on March 16-17 stories about the community of the church of St. Elizabeth in St. Petersburg, belonging to the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC) and its rector, Bishop Gregory (Lurie), with a request to publish a refutation.

On March 17, 2010, it became known that a Nazi skinhead suspected of killing a homeless man was detained in Bagrationovsk (Kaliningrad region). A criminal case was initiated against an 18-year-old detainee under Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder). His friend, who filmed the murder on video, is still involved in the case as a witness. Sources Orekhov I. In Bagrationovsk, skinheads executed a homeless man // TVNZ. 2010. March 19.

On March 18, 2010, it became known that in Kazan (Republic of Tatarstan) the prosecutor's office issued a warning to a lyceum student in the Sovetsky District about the inadmissibility of extremist activity. It was established that the lyceum student greeted teachers and classmates with a fascist greeting, publicly declared the need to "get rid" of Tatarstan of people of non-Russian nationality, the need for fascism, called for watching neo-Nazi films and reading relevant literature.

On March 19, it became known that the investigative department of the investigative committee under the RF Prosecutor's Office for St. Petersburg was carrying out a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred, enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity). On March 19, as part of the investigation, searches were carried out in a number of prayer rooms and Islamic institutions in St. Petersburg.

On March 18, during a press conference "The Church and Youth - a Problematic Field", Alina Bagrina, coordinator of the sociological service of the Department for Youth Affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate, presented the results of a survey conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation in January-February 2010 in 44 subjects of the federation.

Gazeta.ru published data on the selection of fourth-graders in the course “Fundamentals of Religious Cultures and Secular Ethics” in different regions of the country. “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture” was chosen by the majority of parents of fourth-graders in the Central Federal District.

The Ministry of Health of the Ulyanovsk region and the Simbirsk diocese signed a cooperation agreement. The agreement provides for the creation of a network of monastic and parish hospitals in the region. It is also planned to provide joint assistance to the disabled, provide care for the sick at home and in hospitals, train sisters of mercy, and create conditions in hospitals for the performance of Orthodox sacraments.

On March 19, the government of the Russian Federation introduced amendments to Art. 1.1 of the federal law "On the days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia" with a proposal to establish a new public holiday in Russia - the Day of the Baptism of Rus'. It is proposed to celebrate it on July 28, the day of memory of Grand Duke Vladimir, canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church. The festivities will be financed from the federal budget.