Ivanovo: two xenophobic videos banned. Claims for seven more are pending

July 19, 2013 Prosecutor's Office of the Leninsky district of the city Ivanovo announced that she had filed 9 lawsuits with a demand to recognize them as extremist 9 xenophobic videos, links to which on their page in the social The VKontakte network was published by a local resident from August to November 2011.

that in January of this year, a Recall criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national and religious hatred).

It is reported that the videos are directed against immigrants from Caucasus and call for violence against them on the grounds of national and religious hate.

The court has already satisfied 2 lawsuits out of 9 and recognized two videos extremist. The rest of the claims are pending.

Sources

• In the Ivanovo region, the court considered and satisfied the applications of the district prosecutor on the recognition of two videos posted on the Internet as extremist // Official website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Ivanovo region. 2013. July 19.