On March 17, 2010, a preliminary investigation of the criminal case was completed in Sochi against Vladimir Atamanchuk, the founder of the Sochi - Another Look newspaper, accused under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity). The materials of the criminal case are presented for familiarization to the accused and his defense counsel.

Early in the morning of March 17 in Tambov, police officers, together with witnesses, began searching the homes of Jehovah's Witnesses. The searches took place in the apartments of three families.

On March 17, 2010, the Primorsky Regional Court considered the cassation of the Vladivostok prosecutor's office in the case of the leader of the "Union of Slavs of the Far East" Alexander Komarov. As a result of consideration, the court left the verdict handed down in December 2009 by the Leninsky Court of Vladivostok unchanged, and the cassation appeal was not satisfied. The prosecutor of the Leninsky district demanded for A. Komarov a real imprisonment for a period of 3.5 years.

On March 17, 2010, employees of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and MUR operatives reported details on the case of teenagers detained on suspicion of preparing explosions in Moscow. On March 12, 2010, was arrested a young man on suspicion of carrying out an explosion and preparing bombs. On the same day (previously reported March 11), were detained .

On March 16-17, 2010, searches were carried out in the apartments of DPNI activists in Moscow. On March 16, a search took place in the apartment of Elena Denezhkina, an activist of the Moscow district of the DPNI. The search was conducted by officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the decision of the Lefortovo court in the case under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in the framework of the case of the Northern Brotherhood organization.

March 17, 2010, early in the morning, in the framework of a criminal case under Art. 282 (inciting religious hatred) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in Tambov, searches began in three private houses belonging to Jehovah's Witnesses. According to investigators, the apartments may contain literature aimed at inciting religious hatred, as well as documents documenting the activities of a religious organization.

March 17, 2010 judicial Collegium for Civil Affairs of Saratov the regional court overturned the decision Balashovsky District Court of Saratov region dated November 24, 2009, recognizing extremist articles ″Threat to Russians!″ and ″Russians nationalists ″ run Russia ″, published in February and June 2008 in the organ of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation "Voice of the Communist".

At the annual 13th International Book Fair "Books of Russia" in Moscow, held from March 10 to March 15, 2010 at the All-Russian Exhibition Center, again discovered. radical nationalist literature was At the stand of the Russkaya Pravda publishing house, Sevastyanov's books "What the Jews Want from Us" and "Time to be Russian", the book "Repulsed Assault" were exhibited. At the stand of the publishing house, "Algorithm", books by B.

On March 11, 2010, it became known that the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor) issued a warning to the editors of the newspaper "Special Forces of Russia" for publishing A. Bortsov's article "Russian March - 2009" in No.

On March 16 and 17, 8 similar stories about St. vmts. Elizabeth in St. Petersburg, which belongs to the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC). The reason was a message on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs about the detention in St. Petersburg of a group of "scammers-false priests." The "Duty Department" of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Russia" (channel "Russia-1"), regional news releases of RTR and NTV in St. Petersburg, the St.

The SOVA Center together with the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Samara Region held a seminar on March 16 on problems arising in anti-extremist law enforcement. The seminar concerned not only the Samara region. It was also attended by the Commissioners for Human Rights of Tatarstan, Mordovia, the Penza Region and the Perm Territory.

The administration of the Petrogradsky district of St. Petersburg did not give permission to hold a picket in front of the Cathedral Mosque demanding the resignation of the head of the regional spiritual administration of Muslims, Jafar Ponchaev. The reason for the refusal was the fear of provoking riots during a festive service with a large gathering of believers.

On March 17, in Penza, in front of the building of the Living Faith Evangelical Church, an unknown person wrote the word "sect" with a can of paint. The ministers of the church detained the intruder and handed him over to the police.

March 15, 2010 in St. Petersburg, on the street. Mokhovaya, three unknown persons, for no apparent reason, beat up a 36-year-old Chinese citizen. The victim appealed to the Metropolitan Police Department. In the emergency room, he was diagnosed with a closed craniocerebral injury and a fracture of the bones of the nose. The man was hospitalized. Earlier, the victim told doctors that he had been beaten by an unknown person at the entrance to the Chernyshevskaya station.