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September 2010. Monthly Summary
In September 2010, one was dead and at least 14 people were injured in racist and neo-Nazi attacks (in September 2009, 9 people were dead and 36 injured). In all, from the beginning of 2010, 23 people in Russia were dead and at least 241 injured in such attacks.
August 2010. Monthly Summary
In August 2010, at least 32 people were injured in racist and neo-Nazi attacks (in August 2009, 9 people were dead and 48 injured). In all, from the beginning of 2010, 22 people in Russia were dead and at least 203 injured in such attacks.
July 2010. Monthly Summary
In July 2010, at least 8 people became victims of racist and neo-Nazi attacks, namely in Moscow and the region, in Vladivostok, Voronezh, Kaluga region, and Perm. In July 2009, one person was dead and 12 injured.
June 2010. Monthly Summary
In June 2010, a sharp decline of racist and neo-Nazi attacks was registered. A young girl from Yakutia became a victim of an attack in Moscow, a Krishnaite was beaten in Yaroslavl region and a female Jehovah’s Witnesses member in Yekaterinburg. In the same period of 2009, two people were killed and 29 wounded. Due to the natural delay of data collection, the current information on 2010 do not reflect the real situation. We now become aware of most of incidents at least one or two months late.
Detentions of Jehovah's Witnesses from September to October 2009
There were a series of detentions of Jehovah's Witnesses in September and October 2009 different regions of Russia.
Here we perform the translation of Jehova's Witnesses own materials. Translated by James Freeman.
Detentions of Jehovah's Witnesses in January 2010
There were a series of detentions of Jehovah's Witnesses in January 2010 in different regions of Russia.
Here we perform the translation of Jehova's Witnesses own materials. Translated by James Freeman.
Detentions of Jehovah's Witnesses in February 2010
There were a series of detentions of Jehovah's Witnesses in February 2010 in different regions of Russia.
Here we perform the translation of Jehova's Witnesses own materials. Translated by James Freeman.
Attacks on Jehovah's Witnesses from September to November 2009
There were a series of attacks on Jehovah's Witnesses in September and November 2009 in different regions of Russia.
Attacks on Jehovah's Witnesses in January and February 2010
There were a series of attacks of Jehovah's Witnesses in January and February 2010 in different regions of Russia.

А. Verkhovsky. In search of compromise between "the Liberals" and "the Orthodox"
Presentations by Hegumen Philaret Bulekov and Alexander Kyrlezhev at a seminar on Evolution of Moral Principles and Human Rights in a Multicultural Society in Strasbourg last November clarified the position of the Russian Orthodox Church in arguments about the concept of human rights. We can even suggest that the presentations, particularly A. Kyrlezhev's, while they probably represented the authors' personal perspective, also helped to advance and further clarify the ROC's concept of human rights.

Without reproducing their presentations available from our website, we will proceed directly to critical remarks or, more precisely, to questions and comments which arise from reading both texts.