Putin called on the Ministry of Internal Affairs to suppress extremism on the Internet

The Ministry of Internal Affairs should use all available legal and organizational capabilities to suppress the promotion of hatred and enmity, "including on the Internet or with the help of other information technologies and resources." President Vladimir Putin said this at the reporting collegium of the department, RIA Novosti reports.

According to the head of state, turning a blind eye to extremist antics is unacceptable. "Statistics show that over the past year there are more such crimes, this is a serious threat to our whole society," Putin said.

“Your professional duty is to strongly deal with any manifestations of xenophobia, nationalism, religious enmity, to prevent extremism in the youth environment,” the head of state concluded.

On February 4, Putin signed the law on the tightening of liability under the "extremist" articles of the Criminal Code . So, the maximum sanction under Part 1 of Article 280 (public calls for extremism) is increased from three to four years in the colony. Twice - C - from three to six years - increased terms under part 1 of article 282.2 (organization of activities of an extremist organization).

In November, speaking at the ceremony of representing senior officers, Putin called on law enforcement agencies to respond harder to any manifestations of extremism and ensure the inevitability of punishment for crimes committed. "It is necessary to act harder against any manifestations of extremism, widely introduce new operational technologies to ensure order in public places, on the streets of our cities," Putin said.

On March 13, at the request of Roskomnadzor and the Prosecutor General’s Office , the sites of Brani.ru, Kasparov.ru and EJ.ru were blocked for "calls for unlawful activities and participation in mass events conducted in violation of the established procedure."

The Prosecutor General’s Office also ordered to block access to the blog of Alexei Navalny on the LJ platform. "The functioning of this Internet page violates the provisions of the court decision on the election of a preventive measure to a citizen in respect of whom a criminal case has been instituted," the Roskomnadzor said.

On Thursday, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported thatthe Rospil organization under the title “The War of Corruption - the Support of Alexei Navalny“ on the VKontakte social network will be blocked . A request from the group’s closure to the Prosecutor General was addressed by the united deputy Alexander Sidyakin. He argued that it "repeatedly appeared calls to participate in unauthorized mass events in Moscow, to carry out extremist activities."