In May, the prosecutor's office of the Leninsky district of Ivanovo conducted an inspection of the requirements of urban planning legislation in the operation of a mosque on Stroiteley Avenue. The audit revealed a number of violations. In particular, permission was obtained only for the construction of a zero level, there is no permission to put the building into operation. told IvanovoNews .

On May 16, 2010, in Rostov-on-Don, shortly before the start of the final match of the Russian Football Cup "Zenith" (Petersburg) - "Siberia" (Novosibirsk), a group of Zenit football fans attacked the journalist of the TV channel "Russia Today" Roman Kosarev, chanting neo-Nazi and anti-Semitic slogans. He was severely beaten (brain concussion), the attackers also took away his phone. The journalist was hospitalized with injuries of varying severity.

On May 20, 2010, VTsIOM published the results of a sociological survey "Ethnic likes and dislikes of Russians", conducted on May 1-2, 2010. 1600 people in 140 settlements in 42 regions, territories and republics of Russia took part in the survey. The statistical error does not exceed 3.4%.

Commenting on the bill on the transfer of property for religious purposes to religious organizations, Bishop of the Russian United Union of Evangelical Christians (Pentecostals) Konstantin Bendas said that ROSHVE would prefer that the Russian authorities, instead of returning property, allocate plots for the construction of prayer houses to Pentecostals.

On May 17, 2010, the Petrozavodsk City Court issued a guilty verdict under Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism), Art. 116 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (beatings), Art. 161 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (robbery) and Art. 150 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (involvement of a minor in the commission of a crime) in relation to members of the far-right group who attacked the punk Artur Dvoinishnikov in July 2009.

On May 19, the Commission on Religious Associations under the Government of the Russian Federation supported a bill on the transfer of religious property to religious organizations. According to Igor Manylov, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the draft law should be submitted to the government within a week, and to the State Duma by June 10.

May 21, 2010 in the center of Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo region was a racist attack was made on a native of Azerbaijan, Ilshat Gumatov. On a man unexpectedly a young man attacked, who began to beat him, and then hit him 7 times stabbed in the chest and abdomen. Fortunately, the victim managed to survive. A criminal case has been initiated into the attack. The incident became known from the news about the removal sentence. Sources Skinhead has been sentenced! // Novokuznetsk independent television.

On May 19, the governor of the Smolensk region, Sergei Altufiev, approved 12 members of the regional Public Chamber of the III convocation. The members of the chamber included, in particular, Bishop of Smolensk and Vyazemsky Theophylact, who replaced Patriarch Kirill in this post. Sources The formation of the Public Chamber of the III convocation began in the Smolensk region // Interfax. 2010. May 19.

As it became known in May 2010, in April of the same year Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Council of Elders of the Balkar People Oyus Gurtuev was sentenced to a fine of 50 thousand rubles. He was accused of Art. 129 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (slander). Gurtuev appealed the decision to the cassation instance, but it was upheld. Then a supervisory appeal was filed.

On May 13, 2010, Nikolai Plyusnin, Development Director of Multineks, made a comment regarding the technical possibility of fulfilling the requirements of the prosecutor's office to block access to sites recognized as extremist or containing extremist materials. "Multineks" turned out to be one of a number of providers in the Kirov region, against which the prosecutor's submissions were made , and then lawsuits were filed in order to oblige them to block access to certain sites.

On May 19, 2010, it became known that in Petrozavodsk one of the members of an ultra-right group attacked a trolleybus passenger, mistaking him for an "anti-fascist" and stabbed the man. It is clear from the context of the message that the crime was committed in the spring of 2010. Unfortunately, we do not know anything about the fate of the victim.

On May 17, in Yekaterinburg, a presentation of a compromise version of the construction of the church of St. Catherine on Labor Square.

On May 21, the State Duma in the final third reading approved a bill on the celebration of the Day of the Baptism of Russia. The memorable date is proposed to be celebrated on July 28. On May 26, the bill was approved by the Federation Council. On June 1, it became known that the president had signed the corresponding decree. Sources The Day of the Baptism of Rus' as a memorable date was finally approved by the State Duma // Interfax-religion. 2010. May 21.

On May 21, 2010, it became known that the Orel Factory Court delivered a guilty verdict in the case of National Bolshevik Mikhail Deev , who was accused under Part 1 of Art. 282 (inciting hatred) and part 2 of Art. 282.2 (participation in the activities of a banned organization) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Deev was fined 200 thousand rubles. The court found him guilty on all counts, except for displaying a flag similar to the banner of the banned NBP.

On May 13, 2010, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria held a regular hearing on the case of the liquidation of the Council of Elders of the Balkar People (SSBN) for extremist activities. The hearings were resumed on 1 April 2010. Recall that the persecution of this organization began in 2007. The reason for this was, among other things, warnings (unlawful, in our opinion) about the inadmissibility of extremist activities issued by the SSBN in 2007.