Residents of Obninsk decided to hold a referendum on the construction of a temple in the park. On December 28, 2015 it became known that on December 19 in Obninsk held repeated public hearings on the construction Orthodox church in the park. The event was attended by 765 people. They all contributed their names on the list of those present, which, in the opinion of the protesters, will submitted to the administration as a list of those who supported the construction of the temple.

We are publishing a review by Svetlana Solodovnik dedicated to the latest events in the Russian Orthodox Church and the main trends in church politics in 2015.

The authorities of Saratov are ready to abandon the construction of a controversial church in the Zavodskoy district and issue a new land plot to the diocese. December 29, 2015 it became known that Saratov authorities will allocate a new land plot to the local diocese for construction of a temple in the Zavodskoy district of the city. From the former place it was decided abandoned due to public outcry . This was announced by the Metropolitan of Saratov and Volsky Longin (Korchagin).

At the end of December 2015 in St. Petersburg Dean Garina, who is under arrest on suspicion of public calls to extremism (part 1 of article 280 of the Criminal Code), a new charge was added, now - in initiating a national hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code). Recall that local activist Dina Garina, who heads the far-right organization "Russian St.

On December 28, 2015, the website “Grani.ru” published a commentary by historian Nikolai Mitrokhin dedicated to the resignation of Archpriest. Vsevolod Chaplin. Nikolai Mitrokhin names several possible reasons for the hasty dismissal of Archpriest.

In December 2015, a court in Oryol sentenced 22-year-old Artem Vorozhtsov to 220 hours of compulsory labor for posting a xenophobic video on a social network. In December 2015, the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Oryol ruled verdict in the case of inciting ethnic hatred (Part 1, Article 282 of the Criminal Code). 22-year-old local resident Artem was in the dock Vorozhtsov, who was accused of publishing in March 2014 on his page on the social network "VKontakte" some xenophobic video.

In December 2015, in the city of Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, a criminal case was initiated under Part 3 of Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code against a 50-year-old local a resident who posted an image on his page on the social network VKontakte St. George ribbon with a signature, which, according to the conclusions of experts, "desecrates symbols of the military glory of Russia. In December 2015, in the city of Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, a criminal case under Part 3 of Art.

On December 24, 2015, it became known about the resignation of Archpriest. Vsevolod Chaplin. Religious scholar Konstantin Mikhailov comments on this turn in church policy especially for the SOVA Center. The resignation of Vsevolod Chaplin became perhaps the most noticeable intra-church event for the general public since the scandalous story of Andrei Kuraev unfolded almost exactly two years earlier.

IN December 2015 in the city of Volzhsky, Volgograd Region, the court filed case under Art. 280 of the Criminal Code against Ivan Bezuglov and Dmitry Lobanov, who in May this year, a banned, xenophobic leaflet was pasted around the city. IN December 2015 in the city of Volzhsky, Volgograd region, investigation of the case of public calls for extremism (part 1 of article 280 of the Criminal Code).