On April 19, 2006, Boris Miroshnikov, head of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, speaking at an international practical conference on combating cybercrime and cyberterrorism, published information that about 40 Russian-language sites operate on the Internet, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, containing information of a terrorist and extremist nature, every fourth of which is registered through a Russian provider. It is not entirely clear what websites B.

On April 17, 2006, in Samara, FSB officers detained Danila Vanchaev, an anti-draft campaign activist, on the street and took him to the Oktyabrsky district prosecutor's office. In the prosecutor's office, Vanchaev was questioned on the fact of insulting the President of the Russian Federation and the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, which, according to law enforcement agencies, took place at a rally on February 23, 2006.

Over the past two weeks, the trend noted by us earlier has continued - for various reasons, the websites of right-wing radicals have begun to become inaccessible. were carried out on his behalf The biggest event here was the closure of the official website of the deputy Nikolai Kuryanovich (let us remind you that at least two hacker attacks , and were openly supported the activities of skinheads on the pages of the site).

On April 19, 2006, in the town of Kola, a film crew of TV-21 television company was detained, which was preparing a story about the visit of Ilya Klebanov, the president's representative in the Northwestern Federal District, to the Murmansk region. Journalists who had the necessary accreditation were detained on the territory of the city hospital a few hours before I. Klebanov's visit. An unknown person in civilian clothes in an ultimatum demanded to stop filming.

The review offered to the attention of readers is devoted to the situation with human rights in Russia: the main events and the attitude of the human rights community towards them. The review was prepared by the Demos Center with the support of the OSI - Assistance Foundation. **LEGISLATION Conscription Reform** On March 27, a package of bills related to army reform was submitted to the State Duma.

The Ufa diocese spoke critically of deputies of the State Assembly of Bashkiria who opposed the introduction of military clergy and the teaching of “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture” in schools.

On April 4, 2006, Oleg Pashchenko, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, editor-in-chief of the Krasnoyarskaya Gazeta, spoke on the TVK channel in the After the News program "with statements that insult the Jewish nation and migrants from among the peoples of Central Asia and the Caucasus . " Live, the deputy said: "Russia is only for Russians!" .

In the city of Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region, several anti-Semitic incidents occurred during a visit to the local Jewish community by foreign yeshiva students from Israel. addressed to students. The Jewish News Agency reports chants like "Sig heil!" , "Jews" , "Judas" . From whom the insults came is not reported.

On April 11, 2006, the website "Politkom.ru" published an article by Sergei Markedonov "How do we raise the Russian question", which was prompted by the recent events in Russia - a series of trials in which the court did not recognize the motive of ethnic hatred, and a surge of skinhead violence.

On April 7, 2006, in a thematic block of articles devoted to the problem of xenophobia and racist violence, Moscow News published an interview with the editor-in-chief of the publishing house Ultra. Culture Ilya Kormiltsev, the main content of which was an advertisement for Dmitry Nesterov's book Skins. awakens." In particular, the newspaper did not forget to mention that I.

On April 18, 2006, Rossiyskaya Gazeta published an article by Valery Vyzhutovich "Inciting Friendship: Will Amendments to the Criminal Code Help to Overcome Xenophobia", which discussed the initiative of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly to toughen criminal penalties for hate crimes.

On April 18, 2006, "Moskovsky Komsomolets" published an article by Rita Mohel "The death list", which tells about the activities of a criminal group engaged in the appropriation of Moscow apartments. The publication detailing the essence of the case (by the way, based on the materials of the preliminary investigation, although the trial has not yet been completed), describes in some detail the composition of the criminal group.

In mid-April, a seminar "Hate Speech and Roma Rights" was held in St. Petersburg, where the problems of negative stereotypes formed by the media in relation to this ethnic group were discussed. Pererburg "Memorial" was one of the organizers of this event.

On April 19, 2006, a rally against fraud in land transactions was held in Moscow on Manezhnaya Square, organized by the public movement "Peasant Front". Despite the timely and correct submission of the application, the refusal to hold the action appeared immediately before it was held. OMON officers surrounded a group of about 150 people and tried to disperse the rally. In the end, the protesters were forced out of the square.

According to the website "Caucasian Knot" with reference to the prosecutor's office of Dagestan, dated April 14, 2006, a criminal case under Art. 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("abuse of official powers"). On March 20, 2006, a rally was held in the village of Korkmaskala. Karachaev's guards dispersed the rally with shots, as a result, about 20 people were injured.