The Ministry of Justice included in the register of extremist materials the video “Joke about the Qur'an”. On it, the video blogger Ilya Davydov (Maddison) in 2012 from the stage talked about how he bought the Qur'an and went to read it to the toilet. The video was placed in the register of prohibited materials at number 4086. It is noted that the decision to recognize the video by extremist material was made on February 22, 2017 by the Zavodsky District Court of Grozny.

In 2016, in Russia, the number of registered extremist and terrorist crimes increased by 45 %, according to the report of the General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika on legality and law and order. According to statistics, in 2016, 2227 crimes of a terrorist nature (+44.8 %) and 1450 extremist orientation (+9.1 %) were taken into account.

The Nagatinsky court of Moscow sentenced to two and a half years the colony of the general regime of the nationalist Dmitry Demushkin, Interfax reports . He was charged with the spread of extremist materials on social networks. In 2014, Demushkin posted on his VKontakte page a photo from the “Russian march”. In December 2016, he was charged.

The educational project "Taglit" opened registration for a free 10-day trip to Israel for young people and girls of Jewish origin aged 18–26 years. A quarter of Jewish roots is enough to participate - that is, a grandparent must be Jews. The program has a trip to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and other cities of Israel. In addition, participants will be able to chat with their Israeli peers, swim in the Dead Sea, meet the dawn on Masada Masada and ride camels.

By the end of April, the FSIN plans to approve the set of rules for the residence of mothers with children in the colonies. According to the document, for mothers with children they organize "places where a calm, safe environment is created that contributes to the full development of the child and strengthen his connection with his mother." It is reported by Kommersant. To do this, a separate dwelling will be allocated in the building in the territory of the child’s house.

The group associated with the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization took responsibility for the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro. This was reported by SITE, which monitor the activity of Islamists. In addition, SITE noted that the group threatened with new terrorist attacks. Earlier, Gazeta.Ru, citing sources, wrote about the possible involvement in the Tauhid Val-Dzhikhad group, associated with Al-Qaeda.

The charitable foundations mentioned in the FBK investigation “He’s Not Dimon to You” published their reports for the first time. According to the documents, Gradislava, Sotsgosproekt, Dar and the Winter Olympic Sports Support Fund spent a total of 3.7 billion rubles on “current activities” in 2016. All four funds appeared in the FBK investigation into the “secret empire” of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The New Gazeta stated that she had found a colleague of the former head of the GRU DPR and Major General Sergei Dubinsky, who probably wore the call sign “gloomy”. Presumably, Dubinsky was responsible for the transportation to the Donbass "Buka", from which the Boeing Malaysian was shot down. The publication collected information about the involvement of the ex-GRU in the transportation of weapons.

The Horse Guards Manege had a baby's nose in the form of a nose At the building of the Central Exhibition Hall "Manege" an art object was opened in the form of a children's hill called "Nose. Quarengs. " The hill was installed in memory of the creator of the Horse Guard Manege - the architect Jakomo Kvarengi, from the day of whose death this year has been 200 years old.

Photo: Alexandra Shargorodskaya / "Paper" BAKA FARD HOUSE, 2012. Photo: Dimaberlin In 2013, those living in the Baku house on Kirochny Street created public with archival photographs, stories of famous residents and memories of contemporaries. Kirochny, 24 has its own logo and souvenir products, and in April the creators of the public held an action to clean the “Waste of the Buck House”, in which 30 people took part.

In the gardens and parks of St. Petersburg on May 5, 6, 8 and 10, the free action “Victory Music” will be held in honor of the 72nd anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War. The instrumental ensemble "Constellation" and the soloists of the Mariinsky and Mikhailovsky Theaters will perform with the concert program. Artists will perform the famous compositions of domestic classics.

The state bodies of Tajikistan cannot find data about the accomplice of the organization of the attack in the St. Petersburg metro Sodik Ortikov, Interfax reports . At the same time, it was previously reported that the detained Ortikov is a citizen of Tajikistan. “We have not yet found a single fact confirming the data about his birth, study or work in the city [Kurgan-Tyube, the hometown of the suspect].

Smolny agreed to the opponents of the program of Isaacor of the Russian Orthodox Church Pervomaisky procession on Nevsky Prospekt The procession of the city protection column on May 1 on Nevsky Prospekt and the rally on the Marse Field was agreed with the authorities. This was reported on Twitter by deputy Oksana Dmitrieva.

Traffic in some areas of St. Petersburg will be temporarily limited in connection with rehearsals of the military equipment parade in honor of Victory Day. April 27, May 3 and 5 from 15:00 to 20:00, as well as May 7 from 07:00 to 13:00 and from 16:30 on May 8 to 13:00 on May 9, the movement will be limited on segments from Nevsky Prospekt to the Konyten Lane, from the palace bridge to the Trinity Bridge and from Sadovaya Street to the palace passage.

The Presidential Administration promised that it would contribute to the search for a compromise decision on the issue of the status of the Isaac's Cathedral. The representatives of the representative office noted that they are looking for an option “taking into account the rights and legitimate interests of all participants, as well as the opinions of the population of St. Petersburg”.