On March 23, 2011, a meeting between Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Patriarch Kirill took place in Chisty Lane, dedicated, in particular, to the construction of new churches in the capital. According to the mayor of the city, sixty sites have already been selected for the construction of Orthodox churches. The first of the churches built in Moscow on the initiative of the patriarch will be the church on Dubrovka - in memory of the victims of the 2002 terrorist attack.

On March 22, 2011, Portal-Credo.ru published a post-release by religious scholar Roman Lunkin dedicated to the introduction of chaplains in the Russian army. The reflections were inspired by a seminar held at the Carnegie Moscow Center on March 14, 2011.

March 21, 2010 in St. Petersburg at the Petrovsky stadium during the match between the teams of Zenit (St. Petersburg) and Anji (Makhachkala) of the 2nd round of the championship Russia experienced a racist incident.

March 22, 2011 in St. Petersburg, unknown vandals wrote "ANTI-ANTIFA" in black paint on one of the sculptures of Pyotr Klodt's horses on the Anichkov Bridge. The inscription was noticed by passers-by and the police were called. The graffiti was removed by specialists from the Museum of Urban Sculpture. Recall that in November 2010, Klodt's sculptures were already under attack . far-right vandals. Sources Klodt's horses were washed from the new graffiti.

On March 23, 2011, Interfax reported on another picket against the construction of a mosque in Kaliningrad.

On March 21, 2011, it became known that residents of Elektrostal, Noginsk and other settlements of the Noginsk district of the Moscow region again sent an open letter to Patriarch Kirill and Metropolitan Yuvenaly, demanding to deal with the situation in the Bogorodsk deanery of the Moscow diocese and appoint a new dean instead of Mikhail Yalov.

March 15, 2011 city ​​of Moscow, a criminal case was initiated under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (initiation national hatred)" in connection with the discovery at http://www.livejournal.com of the online diary "Long live the Russian rebellion - wise and merciful", created by an unidentified person" . We are talking about the user of "LiveJournal" Andrey Gasovich (nb-licantrop).

On March 23, 2011, an open letter was published to the owners of the social network "VKontakte", signed by leading figures of Runet.

March 18, 2011 Central district the court of Tver upheld the verdict magistrate of court district No. 2 Central district of Tver on December 29 2010, who recognized a local resident guilty under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (distribution extremist materials). She was sentenced to a fine of 1000 rubles with confiscation and destruction discovered literature. According to the prosecutor's office, Belimova L.P.

On March 10, 2011, it became known that the Jewish House of Farewells, a place for the provision of funeral services according to the Jewish rite, began work in Moscow. The House of Farewells will operate in the Maryina Grove area at the phthisiopulmonology clinic. Assistance in the organization and implementation of the project to create a Jewish House of Farewells was provided by the head of the pathoanatomical department of the clinic, Yuri Sergeevich Berezovsky. Sources Galperovich E.

On March 17, 2011, in the Golitsynsky office of the church of Tsarevich Dimitry, a round table was held on the topic "The quality of education in Orthodox and Orthodox-oriented schools", organized by the Neskuchny Sad magazine with the assistance of OTP Bank. The event was attended by the directors of the leading Orthodox educational institutions in Moscow: the gymnasium under the Greek-Latin cabinet of Y. Shichalin, the Radonezh gymnasium, the Central Organ in the name of St.