November 2010. Results of the month

In November 2010, as a result of racist and neo-Nazi motivated violence killed 5 and injured at least 8 people (in November 2009 killed 5 and injured 27 people). Since the beginning of 2010 since Similar attacks in Russia killed 35 people and injured at least 297.

In November, attacks took place in Moscow and the region (3 dead and 3 injured), St. Petersburg and the region (1 dead, 1 wounded), Volgograd region (1 dead), Bashkiria (2 victims), Blagoveshchensk and Novosibirsk (for 1 victim). In total, since the beginning of the year, racist attacks have been recorded in 44 Russian regions.

In terms of violence, counting from the beginning of the year, still leading Moscow with the Moscow region (17 dead, 113 injured), Petersburg with the Leningrad region (2 dead, 43 wounded) and Nizhny Novgorod (3 dead, 16 injured). In other cities, the number of victims is not exceeds 10 people.

As before, the main object of attack are people from Central Asia (14 dead, 62 injured).

Number of acts of vandalism that could be assessed as motivated by hatred or neo-Nazi ideological attitudes, in November 2010 was not great: the Muslim cemetery was damaged in Nizhny Novgorod region, prayer house of Jehovah's Witnesses in Irkutsk, monument Lenin - in Orlovskaya and several architectural monuments (including Klodt's horses on the Anichkov Bridge) - in Petersburg. In total, at least 86 acts of vandalism have been committed since the beginning of the year, related to religious hatred or other xenophobic motives.

In November 2010, the topic was updated again neo-Nazi terror: a case has been opened in Primorsky Krai on the fact of preparing assassination attempt on the investigator who was conducting cases against the regional racists, at the end of October – In November, threat campaigns were organized against prosecutors and judges associated with the persecution of neo-Nazis in St. Petersburg and Moscow (“the case of Vasily Krivets” and "case NS/WP"). Petersburg neo-Nazis claimed responsibility for mining the tracks near St. Petersburg November 13, 2010 and claimed responsibility for the alleged series reports about the mining of various objects on the eve of November 10 (Police Day).

The most significant public event organized by ultra-right, became the traditional "Russian March". The event was a record participants in Moscow (approximately 5.5 thousand marchers), and according to the all-Russian scope (in the form of processions, rallies, religious processions and pickets, events under brand "Russian March" passed at least than in 29 cities of Russia).

The most successful example of the construction of interethnic conflict according to the Kondopoga scenario was a conflict in a village near Moscow Khotkovo, where as a result of a fight between visitors from Central Asia (who have already been charged with committing a crime motivated by hatred) and local residents killed a person. As before in similar conflicts, the incident provoked a series of speeches local residents, including under xenophobic slogans, employers who used guest workers, were forced to evacuate the latter from the village, and ultra-right organizations continue a PR campaign to spread rumors about a “terrorized migrants in a town near Moscow.

In November 2010, at least 3 indictments were handed down sentences related to racist violence that took into account the motive hatred: in Voronezh, Nizhny Novgorod and Samara. These processes were 8 people were convicted, 2 of which were released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations and 4 received suspended terms without additional sanctions.

In total, since the beginning of the year, in cases related to violence, in of which the motive of hatred was taken into account, at least 77 indictments were issued sentences and convicted 264 people (including 93 who were either released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations, or sentenced on probation without additional sanctions).

For xenophobic propaganda in November 2010, three sentencing against five people (in Kirov, Khabarovsk and Syktyvkar). They all received conditional terms.

In total, since the beginning of the year, convictions on charges in incitement to hatred (Art. 282), 50 trials were completed against 60 people (30 sentenced on probation, the sentence for one person is unknown); By charges of public calls for extremist activity (art. 280) - 5 trials against 5 people (all sentenced on probation) and 6 trials in total 282 and 280 articles, in which 9 people were convicted (of which four were suspended, another two are released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations).

In November in Tyumen convicted under Part 2 of Art. 214 (hate vandalism) for desecration of a monument to Lenin. The court sentenced the vandal to restraint of liberty.

Since the beginning of the year for ideologically motivated vandalism was 4 sentences against 5 people (including 2 were sentenced conditionally).

In November three times (November 1, 13 and 18) the Federal list of extremist materials. Items were added to it. 707-727. These the updates were again ambiguous - they included both frankly xenophobic texts, as well as individual remarks on the forums. As of December 1 2010 in the list, which now includes 727 positions, 4 positions have been “zeroed out” (materials are excluded with preservation of numbering); 32 positions in the list are unlawfully, because decisions to recognize materials as extremist are canceled no other decisions have been made by the courts of higher instances to date; 47 positions duplicate each other (not including those included in the list of the same texts with different output data, such as the text “You have chosen - you judge”, listed three times).

On November 13, 2010, the Federal List was updated extremist organizations. It was supplemented by para. 16 and 17:

International Religious Association "At-Takfir" Wal-Hijra" (decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 15.09.2010).
The local organization of the city of Krasnodar - "Pete Bull" ("Pit Bull") (decision of the Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Krasnodar dated 24.08.2010).

Thus, as of December 1, 2010, this list includes themselves 17 organizations whose activities are banned by the courts, and continuation of this activity is punishable under Art. 282-2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Organization activities of an extremist organization).

In the area of misuse of anti-extremist legislation, all the main areas of abuse remain - criminal and administrative prosecution of adherents of new religious and Muslim groups - Scientologists and Jehovah's Witnesses, followers of Said Nursi and others; persecution of the National Bolsheviks; building up anti-extremist statistics through sanctions on libraries and schools.

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