Representatives of the Samara public are asking the regional Ministry of Culture to take action against their fellow countryman, chief director of the Samara Academic Drama Theater Valery Grishko, who played the bishop in the film Leviathan. The image he created, the signatories believe, “is a cynical and dirty parody of the Russian Orthodox episcopate.” On January 18, 2015, an appeal was published representatives of the Samara public to the Minister of Culture of the region Olga Rybakova.

On January 19, 2015, it became known that Roskomnadzor issued a warning to the Respublika portal about the inadmissibility of violating the law. On January 19, 2015, it became known that Roskomnadzor issued a warning to the Kazakh Russian-language information and analytical portal Respublika. The reason was the publication by the portal of cartoons on religious topics.

An application has been submitted to the Moscow City Hall to hold a rally in defense of the feelings of believers. The organizers are going to bring 100,000 people out into the street. On January 15, 2015, the initiative group submitted an application to the Moscow City Hall to hold a rally on Sakharov Avenue against insulting religious feelings. The organizers plan that the action will bring together 100,000 participants.

In January 2015, a criminal case was initiated in the Leningrad Region against an employee of a private security company suspected of publishing xenophobic posts on the Internet. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Leningrad Region initiated a criminal case against a 40-year-old security guard of one of the private security companies. He is suspected under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity, humiliation of human dignity).

On December 30, 2014, the Zavodskoy District Court of Saratov changed the punishment for 71-year-old Yury Kutuzov. Recall that he was fined on November 29, 2013 for speaking at a rally organized by the movement "People's militia them. Minin and Pozharsky" (NOMP), in Saratov on April 14, 2013. The court replaced the fine with compulsory work for Yuri Kutuzov. On January 17, 2015, Y.

Moscow authorities considered "provocative" the upcoming rally in defense of the feelings of believers and refused the organizers. On January 17, 2014 it became known that the City Hall Moscow refused the organizers of the rally in defense of religious feelings. Head of the Moscow Department Regional Security and Anti-Corruption Alexey Mayorov said that the organizers of the action were residents of Makhachkala, and Moscow religious organizations do not intend to hold a rally.

Here we publish comments from the authors of “Owl”, dedicated to the problems of the relationship between religion, society and the state, published on other sites. Comments from 2014 can be viewed here , 2013 - here . Earlier ones are in the "Publications" section. Comments are listed in reverse chronological order. Moscow and Muslims. O. Sibireva comments on the problems that Russian Muslims have to face // Radio Liberty. 2015. September 22.

Russian Orthodox Church began development of the school course "Fundamentals of Religious Cultures and Secular Ethics", designed for ten years and taking into account the knowledge of schoolchildren in other subjects. On January 16, 2015, it became known that The Russian Orthodox Church is developing a school course "Fundamentals religious cultures and secular ethics”, designed for ten years, and not only for fourth grades.

Ali Muhammad al-Salabi's book "Abu Bakr al-Siddiq. The First Righteous Caliph" was recognized as extremist. On December 16, 2014, the Petukhovsky District Court of the Kurgan Region recognized the Ali Muhammad as-Salabi's book "Abu Bakr as-Siddiq. The First Righteous Caliph".

We publish the Federal List of Extremist Materials, the official version of which is published on the website of the Ministry of Justice . Due to the size of the list, we are forced to split it into several parts. This part of the list contains updates since January 16, 2015 (from #2562). See beginning from Nos. 1-493, see List of materials recognized by Russian courts as extremist. Part 1 , continued from No. 494-904, see List of materials recognized by Russian courts as extremist.