On April 28, the court of the city of Berezniki (Perm Territory) granted a request for the parole of Grigory Grabovoi, convicted of fraud. The Berezniki prosecutor's office appealed the court's decision. “The prosecutor’s office also had the opinion that the court did not take into account the fact that law-abiding behavior was not achieved,” explained prosecutor Stanislav Kolesnikov. Let us recall that G. Grabovoi extorted money from citizens, promising to resurrect the dead.

On May 6, a meeting took place between the Governor of the Stavropol Territory, Valery Gaevsky, and the head of the newly created Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Stavropol Territory, Muhammad Rakhimov. The meeting participants agreed on cooperation on issues of interethnic relations and work with youth. In particular, the governor positively assessed the experience of holding gatherings of Orthodox and Muslim youth in the region.

In early May, it became known that the National Bolshevik Party Mikhail Pulin was charged under Art. 282.2 (participation in the activities of an extremist organization) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Part 2 of Art. 165 (property damage) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

On May 5, 2010, in the Moscow District Military Court (MOVS), during preliminary hearings of a criminal case , a psychiatric examination was ordered for three members of the NSO-North (National Socialist Society) group. In total, 13 neo-Nazis are involved in the case, suspected of committing 39 hate crimes, including 27 murders. (see detailed description of the charges here ). All suspects confirmed their previously stated request to have the case heard by a jury.

On May 5, 2010, in Revda (Sverdlovsk Region), from the balcony of one of the residential buildings on Spartak Street, a young man (born 1991) was waving a flag with Nazi symbols. Police arrived at the scene and arrested the perpetrator. It turned out to be Evgeny Galeev (born 1991), previously convicted of robbery. He said that the flag with Nazi symbols was given to him by his brother as a souvenir. During a search of the detainee's apartment, a sports cap with slits for the eyes was found.

On May 6, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov submitted a draft law "On Amendments to Article 2 of the Law of the City of Moscow dated November 24, 2004 No. 74 "On Land Tax"" for consideration by the Moscow City Duma. According to the bill, the land tax rate is proposed to be set at 0.1% of the cadastral value of a land plot for plots provided to non-governmental non-profit organizations and used for the operation of educational, healthcare, social security and cultural facilities.

On April 29, 2010, the Leninsky District Court of Komsomolsk-on-Amur convicted the National Bolshevik Anton Lukin under Part 2 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (vandalism motivated by political hatred). Lukin was sentenced to one year and three months' imprisonment with a suspended sentence of one year's probation. The accused did not deny his involvement in the act of vandalism.

At the beginning of May, a protest rally took place in Ryazan against the transfer of museum exhibits from the fund of the Ryazan Museum-Reserve to the Orthodox diocese. The program was prepared on the basis of the order of the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Alexander Avdeev dated June 18, 2009. At the same time, a commission was created to compile a list of religious items intended for transfer to the diocese.

On May 5, the body of 59-year-old hieromonk Vadim (Smirnov) was found in Cheboksary with traces of violent death. The deceased served in the church of Michael the Archangel in the village of Artemenkino, Vurnarsky district of Chuvashia. The investigation is considering several versions of what happened. Recall that on April 24, another Orthodox priest was killed in Chuvashia . Sources Another priest killed in Chuvashia // Blagovest-info. 2010. May 5.

By order of the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation dated April 2, 2010, 65 items from the funds of the Kirillo-Belozersky State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve were transferred to the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery for free use.

At the end of April 2010, the Moscow City Court rejected the cassation appeal of the National Bolshevik Kirill Unchuk against the verdict of one of the Moscow magistrates' courts.

On May 5, a criminal case was initiated in Cheboksary on the fact of the murder of Hieromonk Vadim (Smirnov). The case was initiated under Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder). On May 6, a 22-year-old resident of Novocheboksarsk was detained on suspicion of committing a crime.