In March 2011 in the city Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Territory, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting national and religious hatred) against a 25-year-old local resident. The young man is accused of distribution of videos of Chechen fighters, which he copied from the Internet and “ demonstrated to residents of cities groups of the Caucasian Mineral Waters .

On March 1, 2011, a person from Kyrgyzstan was attacked in Moscow. A man working as a janitor was suddenly attacked by an unknown person and stabbed in the chest. The victim was hospitalized and his life is not in danger. No robbery was reported. Sources A janitor from Kyrgyzstan was stabbed in Moscow // RosBalt. 2011. March 1.

March 27, 2011 at Petersburg near the house 85 on Suzdalsky Prospekt was attacked for a native of Uzbekistan. Man reportedly attacked three unknown men and stabbed him several times. The victim was taken to Hospital, fortunately, he managed to survive. No robbery was reported. Sources A guest worker was slaughtered on Suzdalsky Prospekt // Balt.Info. 2011. March 27.

At the end of March 2011, it became known that on February 24 in Astrakhan mosque named after Mahmud Efendi arrived after the night prayer representatives of the FSB, the FMS and the police. They explained their visit to the anonymous call about extremist activity in the mosque. They interrogated the teachers of the madrasah and seized for examination religious literature.

On March 22, 2011, Deputy Minister of Culture Andrei Busygin held a visiting meeting in Ryazan on the problems and prospects for the development of the Ryazan Kremlin historical and architectural museum-reserve. The meeting was attended by museum staff and representatives of the diocese. A. Busygin said that until the end of 2011 there will be meetings on the problems and prospects for the development of the Ryazan Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve.

Summary Legal regulation concerning religious organizations : Laws passed in 2010 : Initiatives that have not (yet) been developed Problems related to places of worship : Problems with the construction of places of worship : Problems related to existing places of worship : Positive resolution of conflict situations Government patronage of certain religious organizations Other examples of discrimination and undue interference : Liquidation of religious organizations and denial of registration :

March 25, 2011 in Ufa another picket against the persecution of Muslims. About 300 people. They held banners: "Muslims - hold on to the rope Allah and do not be divided", "Stop religious repression", "Islam is the religion of peace", "Freedom for political prisoners". One of the demands of the picketers was the release of the director of the publishing house "Garden" by Aidar Khabibullin .

According to the official website of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service, as of the end of March 2011, there were about 30 organizations in the Russian Orthodox Church involved in the rehabilitation of drug addicts. At the same time, 17 out of 70 dioceses are involved in the rehabilitation of drug addicts.

At the end of March 2011, it became known that in January the governor Kaluga region Anatoly Artamonov took the initiative to introduce in schools field of "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture" as a mandatory subject. At first, it is planned to introduce this course in elementary grades, then expand it to 9 class. The deputies of the regional legislature noted that this will require amendments to several pieces of legislation.

On March 28, 2011 it became known that the Public Chamber of the Belgorod oblast issued a reminder that a telephone line operates in the oblast "hot line" for victims of "sects". According to the authors of the special statement, after earthquake in Japan in the Belgorod region, "sectarians" have become more active, recruiting new adherents, "scaring citizens with the end of the world" .

On March 25, 2011, the annual meeting of the Syktyvkar diocese took place. Its participants adopted an appeal to the government of the Komi Republic and deputies of the State Council.