Opponents of budget funding for the construction of a temple in Petrozavodsk received a response from the Ministry of Culture
On January 25, 2012, the head of the Karelian branch of the Youth Human Rights Group, Maxim Efimov, received a response from the Republican Ministry of Culture to his request for funding for the construction of the Church of the Great Martyr. Panteleimon on Drevlyanka. The document, signed by Deputy Minister N. Demidova, says that during 2009-2010, 15.6 million rubles were allocated from the republic's budget for the construction of this temple.