On August 24, 2012, in St. Petersburg, in the stands of the Luzhniki stadium, during the match between Spartak and Fenerbahce (Turkey), fans unfurled anti-Muslim banners. The banners featured a crossed-out Istanbul mosque and it says " Today wins Orthodoxy ". Sources Makhachkala "Anji" and fans of rival football clubs // NIRA Aksakal. 2012. August 23.

On August 23, 2012 it became known that the Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin signed a decree on specially protected green areas. Installed types of activities that may be carried out there: in particular, religious, scientific research and educational activities. Recall that in Moscow more than once there were conflicts over construction of temples in green areas. Sources Religious activities allowed in specially protected green areas in Moscow // Interfax-religion. 2012. August 23.

On August 22, 2012, the head of the Orthodox movement "Holy Russia” Ivan Otrakovsky announced the creation of Orthodox squads. "Upon discovery persons committing blasphemous acts against Orthodox shrines, offending the Orthodox faith, showing aggression towards priests, we We reserve the right to take appropriate measures,” he said. According to him, the combatants will act within the law. and coordinate with the police. Similar squads I. Otrakovsky urged to create in other regions.

August 13, 2012 Leninsky District Court Novorossiysk satisfied the claim of the Novorossiysk Transport Prosecutor's Office and recognized extremist publications "Muhammad is the natural successor Christ" (Baku, 1997) and "Explanations to the Book of Monotheism of the Sheikh Muhammad ibn Suleiman At-Tamimi / Common Word (Sheikh Abd Ar-Rahman Nasr As Sadi)" (Baku, 1998).

This article was published on OpenDemocracy on August 21, 2012. We re-publish it here, excluding footnotes and photos, added by OpenDemocracy. Original Russian version was publishes on our web-site on August 22. The involvement of Russian nationalists, including some pretty radical ones, in the protest movement that was born last December raises any number of questions, but the three central ones are: how did this happen? How large a role do nationalists play in the opposition movement?

August 23, 2012 Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Vladimir Lukin announced that he was ready to challenge the verdict of the participants of the rally of the punk band Pussy Riot in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

We are publishing an article by Alexander Verkhovsky for the "Ezhednevny Zhurnal", dedicated to the analysis of the verdict on the members of the punk band Pussy Riot, the text of which was published online on August 22, 2012. Published today finally, the text of the Pussy Riot verdict, which makes it possible read it carefully and speak again. However, the first impression that a gross judicial error was made - the reading of the verdict did not correct.

On August 22, 2012, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the verdict against the "Russian Wahhabi" Vladimir Dvorakovsky and Vladimir Skirko, issued on May 24 of the same year by the Stavropol Regional Court. V. Dvorakovsky was found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 30 and part 1 Art. 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (preparation for a terrorist act), art.

On August 23, 2012, it became known that a founding congress of the monarchist party "Autocratic Russia". Part the presidium of this party includes the head of the Union of Orthodox Citizens Valentin Lebedev. “We set ourselves the task of bringing to all spheres of life those high spiritual principles that the Orthodox Church keeps, and first of all in state building, that is, in political life ,” he said. The aim of the party is to recreate the monarchy and "build Third Rome.

On August 22, 2012, it became known that the Novo-Savinovsky Magistrate's Court district of Kazan is considering administrative cases against Rustem Safin and Marsa Akhmetova - imams of the Al-Ikhlas mosque . They are charged under Part 2 of Art. 20.2 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (organization of a public event without filing in the prescribed manner notifications).