On February 2, 2010, in the Smolensk region, a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity) against a resident of the city of Yartsevo. According to the investigation, in October 2007, a man repeatedly racistly threatened a married couple from Azerbaijan living in Yartsevo, and also painted the walls and doors of the entrance of their house with racist inscriptions.

February 2, 2010 in Cheboksary (Chuvashia) a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred or enmity) in relation to 19-year-old student of the Faculty of Informatics of the Chuvash State University (CGU) Yakov Nikolaev. "The investigation believes that the suspect intended to enter into close contact with skinhead organizations to promote the ideas of this movement and extremist activities in Chuvashia.

On February 1, 2010, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation announced that it had accepted for consideration complaints against amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, which excluded a number of extremist crimes from the jurisdiction of jury courts. Recall that we are talking about crimes under Art. Art. 205 (terrorist act), 206 hours.

On February 2, 2010, at a meeting of the interdepartmental working group at the Prosecutor's Office of the Trans-Baikal Territory, statistics on countering terrorism and extremism for 2009 were given. Since general statistics are given, the proportion attributable to opposition to far-right activity is unknown.

On February 1, the Gorodishchensky District Court of the Penza Region overturned the decision made in early 2008 to recognize the books "Monotheism. The Path from Darkness to Light" edited by Mukaddas Bibarsov and "For good - good, and for evil - evil" by Idris Galyautdinov as extremist literature. In December 2007, employees of the Penza Pedagogical Institute examined 10 books (including the two mentioned above) and found signs of extremism in them.

The Investigative Committee of the UPC RF for Mordovia has completed an investigation into the case of the organization of the Satanist association "Noble Order of the Devil".

On February 2, an agreement was announced between the Department of Internal Affairs of the Tomsk Region and the Tomsk Diocesan Administration to organize monthly meetings between priests and staff. In addition, it was decided that an Orthodox priest would be assigned to each department of internal affairs. Sources Tomsk police department will secure Orthodox priests // RIA News. 2010. February 2.

On February 2, 2010, after an almost year-long break, resumed . the trial of members of the Tver RNU, accused of a series of racist crimes, on trial Recall that 19 people are (17 of them are in custody). The trial was adjourned in April 2009 for a forensic psychiatric examination of six defendants. The psychiatric study was completed in January 2010. On February 2, 2010, at a meeting of the SDUA, it was announced that, according to its results, one person was declared insane.

On February 1, 2010, in Vorkuta (Komi Republic), Artem Kazbanov was convicted under part 1 of article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for extremist activity), part 1 of article 282 (inciting national hatred or enmity, and equals humiliation of human dignity), part 3 of article 30, part 1 of article 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempt to organize an extremist community).

On February 2, 2010, it became known that a bill was submitted to the Moscow City Duma to tighten anti-extremist legislation and limit the rights of a jury. It is proposed to increase the terms of imprisonment for hate crimes under Articles 105 (murder), 111 (causing grievous bodily harm), 150 (involving a minor in a crime), 214 (vandalism) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. In addition, it is proposed to increase the punishment for non-violent crimes: Art. Art.

At the end of 2009, the Higher Attestation Commission approved a dissertation defended at the Moscow State Pedagogical University (MPGU) on April 15, 2009 for the degree of Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences on the topic "Theory and practice of military-patriotic education of students in modern Russia." The author of the dissertation is the chairman of the karate sports club, lieutenant colonel of the reserve Vasily Mikryukov.

Ed. Alexander Verkhovsky Summary Manifestations of radical nationalism : Violence : Public activity of the far right : Xenophobic propaganda and elections : Expansion of nationalism into public life Counteracting radical nationalism : Lawmaking : Criminal prosecution : Civil cases and administrative prosecution : Federal list of extremist materials Applications.

At the Bishops' Conference taking place in Moscow, Patriarch Kirill announced statistical data on the Russian Orthodox Church. At the beginning of 2010, the Moscow Patriarchate includes 30,142 parishes (in December 2008 there were 29,263), a total of 160 dioceses (there were 157), 207 bishops (there were 203), the total number of clergy is 32,266 people (30 670 years ago). During 2009, the number of parishes increased by almost 900, and the number of clergy - by 1.5 thousand people.