On November 16, 2010, the Chief Mufti of St. Petersburg, Jafar Ponchaev, reported that about 70 thousand people came to the St. Petersburg Cathedral Mosque to celebrate Kurban Bayram (according to Vremya Novostei - about 40 thousand). About 500 people prayed on the street in front of the prayer room on Apraksin Dvor, because... there was not enough space in the room.

On November 17, 2010, the State Duma approved in the second reading draft law "On the transfer of property of religious organizations to religious organizations destination, which is in state or municipal ownership. Behind 353 deputies voted against the bill, 53 voted against. The day before, a number of amendments were made to the bill.

On November 15, 2010, the Internal Affairs Directorate for Nizhny Novgorod reported initiation of criminal cases on the facts of vandalism at the Novosormovskoye cemetery. Both cases initiated under Art. 244 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (desecration of the bodies of the dead and places of their burial). Recall that acts of vandalism at the Novosormovskoye cemetery occurred on November 5 and November 10, 2010.

16 November 2010, it became known that the residents of Vladivostok were outraged by the slaughter sacrificial animals on the occasion of Eid al-Adha in full view of passers-by, on the contrary kindergarten. The police urged local residents who witnessed this, contact the emergency department. The police are going to check. Recall that in 2009, residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg expressed outrage at the public slaughter .

On November 17, 2010, a meeting took place between Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' and Chief Rabbi of Russia (FEOR) Berl Lazar. During the meeting, an agreement was reached on joint assistance to victims of emergency situations. During the meeting, the results of the first stage of teaching the basics of religious culture in schools, issues of combating terrorism and extremism, and work within the Armed Forces and in prisons were also discussed.

October 29, 2010 Lomonosovsky district court of the city of Arkhangelsk terminated the proceedings on the recognition as extremist material of the book by V. Istarkhov "Blow of the Russians gods". The case was dismissed on the basis of the refusal of the prosecutor from the claim. Recall that the "Strike of the Russian Gods" is included in the Federal list of extremist materials back in November 2008 (p. 292).

On November 16, 2010, the head of the Irenaeus Lyonsky Center, Alexander Dvorkin, reported that the organizers of the hearings in the European Parliament on problems in the implementation of freedom of conscience in Russia related to the application of anti-extremist legislation did not allow him to attend. An Orthodox “sect expert” presented this as a “planned action of the sectarian lobby.” The director of the SOVA Center, Alexander Verkhovsky , spoke at these hearings in Brussels. A.

From 9 to 16 November 2010, a number of Russian cities hosted an annual International Week of Tolerance slogan "Kristallnacht - never again!". It was organized by International Youth Network Against Racism and Intolerance (YNRI), International Youth Network for Human Rights Education and Civic Education (HRECE), UNITED European Network for intercultural action, International network "Young Europe".

On November 17, 2010, the Leninsky District Court of Kirov passed a sentence on the founders and members of the local branch DPNI to Denis Tyukin, Ivan Mikheev and Alexander Tyufyakov. On November 17, 2010, the Leninsky District Court of the city passed a sentence on the founders and members of the local branch DPNI to Denis Tyukin, Ivan Mikheev and Alexander Tyufyakov.