Poor, defenseless

As a matter of fact, any phrase like “blondes are more beautiful than brunettes” or “whoever supports Spartak is an idiot and a fool” now probably draws on an article about inciting hatred towards a social group. Thus, the prosecutor’s office of the Altai Republic saw extremism in the leaflets of the “Children of the Sun” festival, which stated that “there are three types of people, some are born from the Moon - evil people, others from the Earth - ordinary people, others from the Sun - from such the world becomes brighter.” But if in Altai law enforcement officers were smart enough not to initiate a case in this case, then in Vladimir they opened a case against a Muscovite for promoting hatred of skinheads. A Muscovite, who considers himself an anti-fascist, according to investigators, on June 19, 2011, in a cafe in Vladimir, dared to publicly demonstrate a video directed against skinheads. The Investigative Committee considered that this video contains “facts of a negative assessment of supporters of nationalist views,” promotes “the inferiority of citizens based on their membership in a social group” and calls for “hostile actions towards skinheads.” Those are really poor skinheads. As has already been noted in blogs, using this scheme, you can bring many cases of inciting hatred against the social group “pedophiles”. Or "killers". But judge Marina Syrova, who pronounced the verdict in the Pussy Riot case, can, if desired, be prosecuted for inciting hatred against the social group “feminists.”