On December 27, 2011, Vice Governor Alexander Babichev, at the 51st regular meeting of the Saratov Regional Duma, announced that no manifestations of youth extremism had been registered in the region this year. It is not entirely clear what the vice-governor meant by “youth extremism.” (For what an extremist crime is, see the SOVA Center’s information “ On extremist crimes ”).

December 27, 2011 Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia reported statistics on facts of discrimination against Jehovah's Witnesses during 2011. The religious organization recorded 397 such cases.

SUMMARY RADICAL NATIONALISM AND MANIFESTATIONS OF AGGRESSIVE XENOPHOBIA IN AUTUMN 2011 : Violence : Vandalism : public activity of far-right groups : Nationalism in political establishment COUNTERACTION TO RADICAL NATIONALISM AND XENOPHOBIA : public opposition : Criminal persecution : ( punishment for violence : Penalties for propaganda ): Administrative measures : ( Federal list of extremist materials : Confession extremist organizations : Other administrative measures ) Application. Crime and

On December 26, 2011, a letter from parishioners of the Izhevsk Church of Evangelical Christians "Philadelphia" to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The reason for the appeal was the difficulty in entering operation of the constructed building of the temple.

On December 26, 2011, Gazeta.ru columnist Boris Falikov analyzed the reaction of religious leaders to protests against election fraud in Russia. According to the author, “the wave of civil discontent took the traditional religions of Russia by surprise.” The country is in the process of forming a civil society, which neither the authorities nor religious organizations noticed, so the mass protests came as a surprise to both.

December 24, 2011 in addition to Moscow nationalists also took part in rallies against electoral fraud in other cities of Russia. In St. Petersburg two opposition rallies took place, one on Pioneer Square, where they gathered in mostly activists of the "Fair Russia", and the second - on Sakharov Square. At the first action, no ultra-right activity was noticed. On the second - the participation of nationalists was much more visible.

December 26, 2011 the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Alexander Avdeev in ode press conference said that during 2011 for the restoration religious monuments from the federal budget was allocated about 5 billion rubles. Sources In 2011, 5 billion rubles were spent on the restoration of religious monuments in Russia // Interfax-religion. 2011. December 26.

In December 2011, it became known about the pressure that was exerted on one of the coordinators of the rally of those who disagreed with the results of the elections in Tula. On December 7, 2011, Svyatoslav Teterin was detained, taken to Center E of the Sovetsky District, where he was held for four hours. He was required to remove the meeting on the VKontakte network, which contained information about the rally, and after a call to his lawyer, he was released.

26 On December 6, 2011, the Omsk Regional Court began considering the case on murder by Nazi skinheads in Omsk of his 24-year-old "comrade-in-arms" on the birthday of A. Hitler on April 20, 2011. Recall that criminal liability under paragraphs. "b", "d", "g" part 2 of Art.