Sanctions against Internet providers. Part 2

Recently, there has been an increase in demands on telecom operators to block websites containing "extremist materials." However, prosecutors everywhere and regularly oblige operators links restrict access to sites due to one or more materials found there, recognized as extremist (and often not recognized as such by the court, but only suspected by the prosecutor's office of "sedition"). Sometimes these requirements also apply to sites of religious organizations and groups. Our position on the problem of site blocking is detailed here .

Now the prosecution authorities, as a rule, require blocking without going to court, and these actions are motivated by the Ruling issued on May 10, 2011 by the Judicial Collegium for Civil Cases of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. We believe that such actions are often illegal. See here for more details .

This document summarizes news about site blocking where we have reason to believe that law enforcement agencies have exceeded their authority, such as requesting blocking access to a site that does not contain materials included in the Federal List, or where such materials are an atypical exception (for example, in a network library).

Those cases where we do not have such grounds are displayed in a similar document in the section "Racism and Xenophobia". And some news are displayed in both documents, since, for example, decisions on different sites may be legal to varying degrees.

In connection with the multiplication of this kind of news, from July 1, 2012 we combine them into one list. The first part of the list covers the period from July 2012 to November 2014. The continuation of this list is in front of you.

On November 10, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the Achkhoi-Martan inter-district prosecutor filed a lawsuit to oblige Internet providers to restrict access to a page with materials on the Internet "offending the religious feelings of believers ." It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On November 10, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the prosecutor of the Shelkovsky district filed a lawsuit to oblige Internet providers to restrict access to a page with materials on the Internet " offending the religious feelings of believers ." It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On October 21, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the deputy prosecutor of the Gudermes district filed a lawsuit to oblige Internet providers to restrict access to materials on the Internet that " offend the religious feelings of believers ." It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On October 18, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the Achkhoy-Martan inter-district prosecutor filed a lawsuit to oblige Internet providers to restrict access to a page on the Internet with materials that offend the religious feelings of believers. "It is not clear what materials are in question, but from the message does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials We believe that the suppression of the distribution of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws say on the ban on the distribution of such materials as such, and the courts did not consider the relevant criminal cases on insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On October 10, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the prosecutor of the Grozny district filed a lawsuit to oblige Internet providers to restrict access to the page on the VKontakte social network with materials that offend the religious feelings of believers. "It is not clear what materials are in question , but it does not follow from the report that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials.We believe that the suppression of the distribution of materials that "offend the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws contains it refers to a ban on the distribution of such materials as such, and the courts have not considered the relevant criminal cases on insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On October 5, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the prosecutor of the Shelkovsky district filed a lawsuit to oblige Internet providers to restrict access to information on the Internet that offends the religious feelings of believers ." It is not clear what materials are referred to, but it does not follow from the message that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials We believe that the suppression of the distribution of materials that “offend the feelings of believers” poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws mentions a ban on the distribution such materials as such, and the courts did not consider the relevant criminal cases on insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On September 27, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the Achkhoi-Martan inter-district prosecutor filed a lawsuit to oblige Internet providers to restrict access to an Internet page with materials "offending the religious feelings of believers . " It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On September 21, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the prosecutor of the Shelkovskiy district filed a lawsuit to oblige Internet providers to restrict access to information on the Internet that " offends the religious feelings of believers ." It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On September 1, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic announced that it had sent 15 applications to the Leninsky District Court of Grozny ordering Internet providers to restrict access to materials on the Internet that " offend the religious feelings of believers ." It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On August 26, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the deputy prosecutor of the Shali district filed a lawsuit to oblige Internet providers to restrict access to Internet pages containing materials on the Internet that "offend the religious feelings of believers . " The number of such pages is not specified. It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On August 23, 2016, the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic reported that the Leninsky District Court of Grozny, at the suit of the Prosecutor's Office of the Shali District, ordered providers to block certain pages on the VKontakte social network containing photographic materials "aimed at offending the religious feelings of believers . " It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On August 11, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Kemerovo region reported that the justice of the peace of court district No. 1 fined the Kemerovo cafe "Aurora" 40 thousand rubles under Part 2 of Art. 6.17 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (non-use by a person organizing access to information disseminated through information and telecommunication networks in places accessible to children, administrative and organizational measures, technical, software and hardware to protect children from information that is harmful to their health and development). The director of the cafe also received a proposal from the prosecutor's office to eliminate violations of the law. The reason was that the cafe provided unlimited Wi-Fi access to the Internet, but no content filtering system was provided.
On July 29, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the prosecutor's office of the Kurchaloevsky district filed a lawsuit with the Leninsky District Court of Grozny to restrict access " throughout the entire territory of the Russian Federation " to video materials on the VKontakte social network " aimed at insulting the religious feelings of Muslims ." It is not clear what materials are referred to, but the report does not clearly indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On July 28, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the prosecutor of the Shelkovsky district filed a lawsuit to oblige providers to block materials on the Internet containing information " offending the religious feelings of believers ." It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On July 26, 2016, the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic reported that the Leninsky District Court of Grozny had satisfied the claim of the Prosecutor's Office of the Achkhoy-Martan District to oblige providers to restrict access to materials " offending the religious feelings of believers ". Whether this report is about one of the lawsuits that the prosecutor's office had previously reported, or about some other, is unknown. It is also unclear what materials are in question, but it does not appear from the report that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On June 29, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the Achkhoi-Martan inter-district prosecutor filed a lawsuit to oblige Internet providers to restrict access to an Internet page with materials "offending the religious feelings of believers . " It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On June 20, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic announced that it had sent 18 statements of claim to the Leninsky District Court of Grozny on the obligation of Internet providers to restrict access to materials on the Internet that "offend the religious feelings of believers ." It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On May 31, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the Leninsky District Court of Grozny had satisfied four lawsuits requiring Internet service providers to restrict access to materials on the Internet that " offend religious feelings of believers ." It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On May 27, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that i. O. The Achkhoy-Martan inter-district prosecutor filed a lawsuit to oblige Internet providers to restrict access to a page on the Internet with materials " offending the religious feelings of believers ." It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On May 23, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the prosecutor of the Shelkovsky district filed a lawsuit to oblige Internet providers to restrict access to materials on the social network with information " offending the religious feelings of believers ." It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On May 12 and May 23, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic published two identical reports about the appeal of the Achkhoi-Martan inter-district prosecutor to the court with a lawsuit to oblige Internet providers to restrict access to Internet pages that contain materials "offending the religious feelings of believers . " It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On April 29, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the deputy prosecutor of the Shali district filed a lawsuit to oblige Internet providers to restrict access to materials with information that " offends the religious feelings of believers ." It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On April 25, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Irkutsk region reported that in Angarsk, under Part 2 of Art. 6.17 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (non-use by a person organizing access to information disseminated through information and telecommunication networks in places accessible to children, administrative and organizational measures, technical, software and hardware means of protecting children from information that is harmful to their health and (or) development) on 20,000 rubles was fined for the Creme Brulee cafe. The reason was that the cafe provided access to Wi-Fi and at the same time a content filtering system was not installed. " After a prosecutor's check, visitors to the Creme Brulee cafe are not provided with Wi-Fi connection services ," the regional prosecutor's office said.
On April 22, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic announced that it had sent 19 statements of claim to the Leninsky District Court of the republic on the obligation of Internet providers to restrict access to materials " offending the feelings of believers ." It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On April 22, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the deputy prosecutor of the Grozny district filed a lawsuit to oblige Internet providers to restrict access to a number of pages with materials " offending the feelings of believers ." It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On April 15, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the prosecutor of the Vedensky district filed a lawsuit to oblige Internet providers to restrict access to a page that contains materials that "offend the feelings of believers . " It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws prohibit the dissemination of such materials as such, and the courts do not relevant criminal cases were considered for insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On March 15, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the Leninsky District Court of Grozny had granted 10 lawsuits from the republican prosecutor's office to oblige ISPs to restrict access to materials that " offend the feelings of believers ". It is not clear what materials are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the dissemination of materials that "offend the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws mentions a ban on the distribution of such materials as such, the courts have not considered relevant criminal cases on insulting the feelings of believers, which could lead to a ban on the distribution of materials.
On February 11, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the prosecutor of the Leninsky district of Grozny filed a lawsuit to oblige the republic's Internet providers to restrict access to " extremist materials ". During the monitoring, the prosecutor's office revealed two pages on the VKontakte social network, on which " photos that offend the religious feelings of believers " are posted. It is not clear which photographs are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the distribution of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws speaks of a ban on the distribution of such materials as such, but of court decisions in cases of insulting religious feelings, which could lead to a ban on such photographs, we do not know.
On January 14, 2016, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported that the deputy prosecutor of the Leninsky district of Grozny filed a lawsuit to oblige the republic's Internet providers to restrict access to " extremist materials ". The prosecutor's office during the monitoring revealed a page on the Internet, which contains " photos that offend the religious feelings of believers ." It is not clear which photographs are in question, but the report does not indicate that they are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. We believe that the suppression of the distribution of materials "offending the feelings of believers" poses a significant threat to freedom of speech, and also conflicts with Russian law: none of the Russian laws speaks of a ban on the distribution of such materials as such, but of court decisions in cases of insulting religious feelings, which could lead to a ban on such photographs, we do not know.
On December 25, 2015, it became known that the Kalininsky District Court of Chelyabinsk fined the local telecom operator ER-Telecom Holding JSC for 100 thousand rubles under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass production and distribution of extremist materials). The reason was that from the computers of the Secondary School No. 1 of Chelyabinsk, which was served by this telecom operator, it was possible to access prohibited sites. From our point of view, the operator was punished wrongfully. Firstly, special filters were to be installed on school computers to limit schoolchildren's access to prohibited information, and secondly, the operator's actions cannot be qualified under an article against the deliberate mass distribution of extremist materials.
On May 25, 2015, the prosecutor's office of the Sengileevsky district of the Ulyanovsk region announced the submission made to the director of the Ulyanovsk branch of OJSC Rostelecom. The reason for the sanction was that the provider did not restrict access to a number of sites, including nameofrussia.net/blog/faith/961, halifat.info/maktaby/kitab/390-concepciya-, goodbasis.com/info/74, which, during the verification, texts included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials were found. Among such materials is the book "Counterfeit Church" by K. Tovbin, the recognition of which as extremist, we consider unlawful.
On May 15, 2015, the prosecutor's office of the Vygonichsky district of the Bryansk region announced a lawsuit to the Sovetsky District Court of Bryansk, in which it demanded that OJSC Rostelecom be required to block access to sites containing information whose distribution is prohibited in Russia. The reason for the lawsuit was that from the computers of the Vygonichi School. Pavel Zaitsev had access to the site with the books "Guide for Youth" by Said Nursi and "The Doctrine of Fascism" by Benito Mussolini, included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. It is not clear from the prosecutor's report whether content filters are installed on school computers, but we assume that otherwise the prosecutor's office would point out their absence. In addition, we recall that we consider the ban on Nursi's books unlawful.
On April 3, 2015, the Vsevolozhsk City Prosecutor's Office of the Leningrad Region announced a submission made to the Internet provider CJSC Neva Television Cable Network. The reason for the sanction was that in part of the educational institutions of the city " the system of content filtering on computers has not been established " and therefore there is access to prohibited materials. It is not possible to understand from the prosecutor's report whether the schools had a system of content filtering, however, we proceed from the fact that otherwise it would have been indicated that it did not exist.
On April 1, 2015, the prosecutor's office of the Narovchatsky district of the Penza region announced the initiation of a case under Part 2 of Art. 6.17 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (non-use by a person organizing access to information disseminated through information and telecommunication networks (including the Internet) in places accessible to children, administrative and organizational measures, technical, software and hardware to protect children from information that is harmful to their health and (or) development) in relation to the entrepreneur - the owner of the "Fresh Bakery" store. The case has been taken to court. The store had WiFi, which was not equipped with a content filtering system. At the same time, according to the prosecutor's office, "children who come to the store can use the access to the Wi-Fi network through their phone," and thus gain access to prohibited information. As a reminder, we oppose prosecution for the lack of content filtering of the owners and administration of cafes, Internet cafes, hotels, shops and other similar establishments, since they are designed not only for children (supervised by parents), but also for adult users whose rights should not be restricted.
On March 31, 2015, the prosecutor's office of the Penza district of the Penza region announced the submission made to the director of the Penza branch of OJSC Rostelecom. The reason for the sanction was that the provider, having the technical ability, did not block access to materials included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials, in particular, to the book of Jehovah's Witnesses "What the Bible Really Teach". As a reminder, we consider the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses and the banning of their texts for extremism unlawful and perceive it as religious discrimination.
On March 5, 2015, it became known that the prosecutor's office opened administrative cases under Part 2 of Art. 6.17 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the legislation of the Russian Federation on the protection of children from information harmful to their health and (or) development) against five legal entities that own city cafes. Cases against three of them have already been considered: cafes "Peoples", "New York Pizza" and "ShashlykoFF" were fined 20 thousand rubles each. The reason was that the cafes provided visitors with the opportunity to access the Internet (obviously, via Wi-Fi), however, "appropriate measures and means were not taken to protect children from information that is harmful to their health and development - access to the site where extremist materials posted. At the same time, it remains unclear whether the cafe lacked a content filtering system or the filters did not fully cope with the task. As a reminder, we are against holding the administration of cafes, Internet cafes, hotels and other similar establishments liable for the lack of content filtering, since they are designed not only for children (supervised by parents), but also for adult users whose rights are not should be limited.
On February 4, 2015, it became known that the deputy prosecutor of the Chechen Republic filed a lawsuit to oblige republican providers to restrict access to 17 pages of the Instagram social network. From the point of view of the Chechen prosecutor's office, they contain "texts of extremist content, as well as photographs and other materials that offend the religious feelings of believers" . We believe that the suppression of the distribution of materials that "offend the feelings of believers" creates a significant threat to freedom of speech. In addition, in this case it conflicts with Russian law, since none of the Russian laws mentions a ban on the distribution of such materials in general and they are not included in the list of extremist ones, the courts have not considered the relevant criminal cases on insulting the feelings of believers, which could result in a ban on the distribution of materials.
On February 2, 2015, it became known about the submission of the prosecutor's office of the Starokulatkinsky district of the Ulyanovsk region, made to the director of the Ulyanovsk branch of OJSC Rostelecom, in which it is required to restrict access to a number of sites and pages, in particular, salam.lg.ua/kitab-at-tauhid, vk.com/video-5409749, kaynak.islamicpublishing, youtube.com/watch?v=-TmgBezru. On these resources, in addition to the video "Russian wake up! There is a war against you!", which is rightfully recognized as an extremist video, the " Book of Monotheism " by Muhammad ibn Suleiman at-Tamimi and the book " Pitcher of Water " by Osman Nuri Topbash, included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials, are posted on our website. look, wrong.
On January 26, 2015, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic announced a lawsuit in which it demanded that republican Internet providers be required to restrict access to 85 pages on the VKontakte social network. The pages to be blocked contained " extremist materials " and posted cartoons from the French magazine "Charlie Hebdo", which, according to the prosecutor's office, " aimed at offending the religious feelings of believers ." In our opinion, restricting access to "Charlie Hebdo" cartoons is in conflict with freedom of speech. On February 17, 2015, the claim was satisfied by the Leninsky District Court of Grozny.

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At the request of the Achkhoy-Martan Interdistrict Prosecutor's Office, access to a malicious Internet resource is restricted // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic. 2016. July 26.
The prosecutor's office demands to block access to extremist materials // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic. 2016. July 28.
District Prosecutor's Office Suppressed Distribution of Extremist Materials // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic. 2016. July 29.
Cafe brought to administrative responsibility for open access for children to prohibited information // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Kemerovo Region. 2016. August 11.
At the request of the prosecutor's office of the Shali district, access to the pages of the social network "VKontakte" is limited // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic. 2016. August 23.
The prosecutor's office of the Shali district demands to block pages on the Internet // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic. 2016. August 26.
The prosecutor's office demands to block pages on the Internet that offend the feelings of believers // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic. 2016. September 1.
The prosecutor's office demands to block access to extremist materials // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic. 2016. September 21.
The Interdistrict Prosecutor's Office filed a lawsuit to restrict access to a malicious Internet resource // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic. 2016. September 27.
The prosecutor's office demands to block access to extremist materials // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic. 2016. October 5.
The prosecutor's office demands to block access to extremist materials // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic. 2016. October 10.
The Interdistrict Prosecutor's Office filed a lawsuit to restrict access to a malicious Internet resource // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic. 2016. October 18.
The prosecutor's office demands to block access to extremist materials // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic. 2016. October 21.
District Prosecutor's Office filed a lawsuit to restrict access to a malicious Internet resource // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic. 2016. November 10.
The Interdistrict Prosecutor's Office filed a lawsuit to restrict access to a malicious Internet resource // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic. 2016. November 10.