At the end of December 2013, the Rostov Regional Court acquitted the former deputy mayor of Novocherkassk, Vladislav Zhuravlev, who had previously received a suspended sentence for inciting hostility between the Cossacks and natives of the Caucasus. Recall that in September 2013 the Novocherkassk City Court Rostov region passed a sentence under paragraph "b" part 2 of Art.

A Buddhist holiday has been declared a public holiday in Buryatia. On December 25, 2013 it became known that the authorities of Buryatia January 31, 2014 was declared a non-working day. On this day, Sagaalgan is celebrated - the first day of the New Year according to the lunar calendar. The corresponding decree was signed by the head of the republic Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn. Sources The authorities of Buryatia declared January 31 a day off // RIA News. 2013. December 25.

On December 25, 2013, a criminal case was opened in Almetyevsk for posting "extremist videos" on the social network VKontakte. On December 25, 2013, the Almetyevsk City Prosecutor's Office announced that a criminal case had been opened under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity).

On December 25, 2013, the Federation Council approved a law banning separatist propaganda. December 25, 2013 2009, the Federation Council approved the law "On Amendments to Certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation in order to establish liability for public calls for actions aimed at violating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation".

At the end of 2013, annual meetings were held in most of the dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church, where statistical data were announced. On December 20, 2013, speaking at a diocesan meeting in Moscow, Patriarch Kirill announced the statistics. According to him, as of December 2013, there are 958 churches and chapels in Moscow, of which 278 are parish churches, 164 are attached to secular institutions, 44 monastery churches, and 10 monastery courtyards.

At the end of December 2013, an article from the Novoye Vremya Udmurtia newspaper was recognized as extremist. According to the prosecutor's office of the Udmurt Republic, " Under the guise of the printed publication "New Time of Udmurtia", a fake issue was produced in mass circulation with the publication "Non-Russians should be deprived of civil rights!" ".

Against the user of "VKontakte", who published the video "Secrets of the Jews", a criminal case has been initiated. On December 24, 2013, it became known that a criminal case had been opened in Tambov according to part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred).

At the end of December 2013, the prosecutor's office of the Astrakhan region sent a criminal case to court for materials on the VKontakte social network. The prosecutor's office of the Astrakhan region approved the indictment in a criminal case against a local resident accused under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity).

December 25, 2013 pre-trial blocking law information on the network was approved by the Federation Council. 25 December 2013, the Federation Council approved the law "On Amendments to Federal Law "On Information, Information Technologies and Protection of information", which provides for extrajudicial blocking of sites with calls for extremist actions and riots.

On December 24, 2013, the Krasnodar Regional Court began the debate of the parties at the trial in the case of former policeman Ilya Galkin and his accomplice Mikhail Denisenko, who are accused of organizing a series of explosions in Sochi in 2008 and 2009. It should be reminded that the criminal case of the former senior lieutenant of the police department of the Khostinsky district of Sochi, I. Galkin, and the former employee of the Efkate TV company, M.

Sociologists once again counted believers. Majority Christians do not go to church services and never take communion. On December 24, 2013, a survey by the Levada Center about religious affiliation of Russians. 19% of those surveyed identified themselves as non-believers. 68% identified themselves as Orthodox, 7% - to Muslims, 1% - to Catholics and Protestants. Judaism and other religions were chosen by less than 1% of respondents. 4% found it difficult to answer.