On December 21, 2011, a charity event was held in Moscow concert, the proceeds from which will be used to implement the program construction of modular temples in the city.

On December 22, 2011, the Penza Regional Court issued a verdict in the case of a series of hate crimes, including explosions and arson . In the dock was Ilya Petrov (“Schizophrenic”), born in 1992, who was a minor at the time of the commission of the incriminated crimes.

On December 21, 2011, the Syktyvkar City Court refused Church of Evangelical Christians "Glory of God" in satisfaction of the complaint against actions of the prosecutor's offices of the Republic of Komi and the Knyazhpogost district. The representative of the Church asked the court to recognize the actions prosecutors in May and July 2011 illegal.

In December 2011, a criminal case was initiated in Pskov according to part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred). The case was initiated against a 42-year-old local resident, whom suspect that from the end of 2010 to the middle of this year he published xenophobic texts on one of the Pskov news sites. Unfortunately, we do not know what kind of tests we are talking about.

On October 13, 2011, the Investigative Committee ofRussia's Novosibirsk region announced the launch of a criminalinvestigation against two residents, filed under Article 282.2 of theCriminal Code: organizing activities in association with anorganization banned for extremism.

In December 2011, the Republic of Mari El completed case of neo-Nazi vandalism. A resident of the village of Mariets will soon be in the dock 19-year-old Nikolai Nikolaev, who is accused of being in October of this year drew a Nazi swastika and the slogan "Glory to Rus'". It is reported that the young man is charged with Part 1 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (vandalism). The case has already been referred to the Supreme Court.

December 22, 2011 Supreme Court Republic of Altai canceled the sentence in regarding Alexander Kalistratov, previously found guilty under Part 1 of Article 282 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting religious hatred) and sentenced to 100 hours of mandatory works. The Supreme Court of the Republic ruled stop criminal prosecution Jehovah's Witness for lack of composition crimes and recognize his right for rehabilitation.

December 22, 2011 Chita district the court of the Trans-Baikal Territory began consideration on the merits of the criminal case under Part 1 of Article 282 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting religious hatred) in relation to the spouses Andrei and Lucia Raitinykh. Earlier in the preliminary consideration, the court returned the case prosecutor.

In December 2011 in Samara, on suspicion of committing murder of a homeless native of Tajikistan, 19-year-old neo-Nazi Alexander was detained Nikolaev. A young man who, according to the investigation, was a member of a recognized extremist Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI), previously convicted for committing a series of explosions and arson. Recall that just over a year ago, the court sentenced him to 4 years. conditional imprisonment.

On December 21, 2011, the results of the survey were published religious scholars on the topic “Who, how and why to explore the Orthodox world?”, carried out by the service "Wednesday". More than 50 professionals took part in the survey. half of which profess Orthodoxy.

In December 2011, in the Khabarovsk Territory, a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (vandalism based on national hate). The case was initiated against a 21-year-old local resident, whom was accused of having painted the wall of the Mathematical Lyceum with anti-Semitic slogans. It is reported that the inscriptions were made in yellow paint over the portrait. Albert Einstein, depicted on the wall of the school.

December 22, 2011 Magistrate's Court No. 112 of the Samara region recognized the main editor of the Togliatti online media TLTgorod Sergei Davydov guilty under part 1 Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (propaganda and public displaying Nazi symbols). Davydov was fined 500 rubles. Interestingly, the court based its decision not on the legal definition of the word "propaganda", but on the definition of Ozhegov's dictionary.

December 21, 2011, speaking at a meeting Duma of the Khabarovsk Territory, Deputy Head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for Khabarovsk edge Ivan Ilts commented on the rallies, following the December 4 elections. According to him, "public meetings of this kind are equivalent to extremist activities." Media reports on peaceful protests and dozens of detainees in Khabarovsk 10 December 2011.

December 19, 2011 in Tomsk in Bogoyavlensky square Cathedral was erected and consecrated worship Armenian cross (khachkar). The initiator of the installation of the cross, "a monument to Russian-Armenian friendship", was the Union of Armenians of the Tomsk region.