May 25, 2012 it became known that on April 4, 2012 the Government of the Tver region allocated Russian Orthodox Church land plot in the amount of 60 acres for the construction of the Transfiguration Cathedral in the Kremlin. Cathedral planned built on the site of a church building demolished in 1935. Meanwhile, public hearings on the restoration of the cathedral in Tver were not held.

In mid-May 2012, it became known about numerous cases of anti-Semitic graffiti at the entrance to Moscow railway stations. Thus, on the way of the Aeroexpress train from Domodedovo airport to Paveletsky railway station, xenophobic inscriptions "Russia for Russians", "Russia needs a revolution", "Do not buy from chocks", "Jews, get out of Russia" are painted on the fences and utility rooms.

On May 25, 2012, the Federal List of extremist materials”, paragraphs. 1186-1191. List supplemented xenophobic materials from the sites hateit.ru, demotivation.me, the social network "VKontakte", an article by Boris Stomakhin, editor of the "Radical Politics" bulletin. Update of the Federal List of Extremist Materials dated May 25, 2012: Website located at: http://www.hateit.ru/churok-ubivat-nado-a-ne-razgla.

May 25, 2012 year it became known that the imam and parishioners of the Zakabannaya mosque in Kazan appealed to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation with a statement about insulting religious feelings. The reason for the appeal was incorrect statements about the prophet Muhammad, spoken by journalist Sergey Aslanyan on May 14, 2012 on the air radio station "Mayak" (program "Central Committee").

May 25, 2012 year, an aggressive man burst into the Nikolsky Cathedral in Kislovodsk - he threatened the priest with fittings, scolded and tried to pour over the cross, which the priest was holding in the hands, filth. The parishioners brought him from the temple and called the police. According to them, the man "expressed the intention to desecrate the altar." Sources An attempt to desecrate the cathedral was prevented in Kislovodsk // Interfax-religion. 2012. May 25.

In May 2012videos continue to appear on the internet in which representatives of a Kyrgyzgang that calls itself “Patriot” mock their countrywomen for dating youngTajikistani emigrants and for leading, by their judgment, improper lives. As before, youngmen abuseand beat young women, stripping them naked in the street, demanding that thatthey answer questions into a camera and state their names and addresses.Additionally, in some incidents they have threatened young women with knivesand stun guns.

On May 24, 2012, the Society for Christian Enlightenment was established in Moscow , the purpose of which is “the free discussion of theological and philosophical problems, facing modern people" and "spreading the gospel truth". Members societies intend to focus on the experience of religious and philosophical meetings early. XX century. Participants the first meeting of the members of the society, a new theological direction was declared, called "theology after "Pussy Riot".

On May 24, 2012, comments were published by art critic Lev Lifshitz and an employee of the Historical Museum Marina Chistyakova regarding the transfer to the Church of another monument from the museum fund - the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God from the collection of the State Historical Museum. Based on the order of the Ministry of Culture, this icon was transferred to the Novodevichy Convent by the President of the Russian Federation on May 6.

On May 24, 2012, the Stavropol Regional Court handed down a guilty verdict in the case of the “Russian Wahhabi” 24-year-old Viktor Dvorakovsky and his “associate” Vladimir Skirko. V.

May 25, 2012 Leninsky District Court of Nizhny Novgorod sentenced in case . the cemetery vandalism The court released the local historian-necropolis Anatoly Moskvin from criminal liability due to illness and ordered him to undergo compulsory treatment in a psychiatric clinic. Terms of treatment are not specified. Recall that he was charged under Art.

On May 24, 2012, the US State Department published its annual report on the human rights situation in Russia. Analysts of the department also drew attention to the problems of Russian society, which are covered by the SOVA center. Thus, the State Department noted that, despite the activity of law enforcement agencies and the courts, Russia still has a high level of hate crime, as well as racist propaganda.

On May 23, 2012, the main investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow opened a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity) against lawyer Dagir Khasavov .