On March 18, 2010, it became known that the prosecutor's office of the Samara region made a submission to the military ataman of the Volga military Cossack society. In the course of the prosecutor's check, it was established that Alexander G., a resident of the city of Samara, who was enlisted in the Volga Military Cossack Society in August 2007, distributed among his acquaintances articles about Ataman P. Molodidov . degrading human dignity on the grounds of nationality .

On March 18, it became known that two residents of Penza were sentenced for desecrating 10 graves at the Novozapadnoye cemetery, including the tombstones of artist Oktyabr Grishin and director Semyon Reingold. One of them was sentenced to 2 years 6 months, the second - to 2 years in prison. The verdict came into force. Sources Vandals who desecrated 10 graves at the Novozapadnoye Cemetery condemned in Penza // IA "Penzanews". 2010. March 18.

On March 14, 2010, in Murmansk, three young men attacked a native of Azerbaijan. First, the attackers "began to speak negatively about the man passing by, noting his belonging to the Caucasian nationality ," and then severely beat him. The victim was hospitalized. The attackers were identified and detained .

On March 3, 2010, the criminal prosecution resumed in July 2009 on the fact of distributing the literature of Jehovah's Witnesses was terminated. Two examinations, appointed during the investigation, came to the conclusion that the publications of Jehovah's Witnesses do not contain any signs of propaganda of the exclusivity or inferiority of citizens on the basis of their attitude to religion.

Summary Regulation concerning religious organizations : Issues relating places of worship : to Government patronage of certain religious organizations : Other examples of discrimination and undue interference : Religion in the military and law enforcement agencies : Religion and secular education : Insufficient protection against defamation and attacks : Counteracting incitement to religious enmity The Information and Analytical Center "SOVA" presents the fourth annual report on freedom of

On December 1, 2009, in Makhachkala, a native of Kyrgyzstan, Beksultan Karybekov, was shot while being arrested. A pistol was confiscated from him, from which, according to the investigation, on November 19, 2009, was killed in Moscow. priest Daniil Sysoev The investigation into the murder of the priest continues. This became known on March 16, 2010. Sources Killed in Makhachkala could be involved in the death of priest Sysoev // RIA News. 2010. March 16.

In February 2010, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Mordovia signed an order on the creation of a new consultative and advisory body under the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Moldova. - Public Council. It included the chairman of the Spiritual Muslim Board of the Republic of Moldova, Rashit Khalikov.

On March 3, 2010, the criminal prosecution against I.Yu. Ananyin , leader of the religious group of Jehovah's Witnesses in the city of Asbest (Sverdlovsk Region). This is already a repeated attempt to initiate a case against Ananna under Part 1 of Art. 282 (incitement of hatred, promotion of exclusivity and humiliation of human dignity on the basis of attitude to religion).

On March 16, 2010, the Leninsky District Court of Makhachkala, which is considering the case against the employees of the Chernovik newspaper, granted the defense's motion to order a repeated comprehensive psychological and linguistic examination of the newspaper's materials at the federal forensic examination center under the Russian Ministry of Justice.

On March 18, the Independent Press Center hosted a presentation of two annual reports of the SOVA Center: "Problems of Realizing Freedom of Conscience" and "Illegal Application of Anti-Extremist Legislation." Director of the SOVA Center Alexander Verkhovsky and Elena Ryabinina (Institute of Human Rights) Yelena Ryabinina (Institute of Human Rights) spoke at the press conference with a report "Forced radicalization (on repressions against independent Muslims in Russia)".

On March 16, 2010, Deputy Regional Prosecutor Vilen Zatsepin submitted a submission to Sergey Bystrevsky, Acting Head of the Department of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for the Samara Region, to eliminate violations of the requirements of the legislation on countering extremism.

On March 18, 2010, the SOVA Center held a presentation at the Independent Press Center of two annual reports on the events of 2009, “Illegal application of anti-extremist legislation” and “Problems of implementing freedom of conscience.” The director of the SOVA Center, Alexander Verkhovsky, and an employee of the Institute of Human Rights, Elena Ryabinina, spoke at the press conference.

On March 18, 2010, in Bashkiria, the Investigative Committee of the RF Investigative Committee for the Republic of Bashkortostan completed the investigation of a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for extremist activities committed using the mass media) and Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ( public incitement to national hatred) against Konstantin Permyakov, 22, a member of the organization

On March 18, 2010, the Investigative Committee of the UPC for the Republic of Bashkortostan announced the completion of the preliminary investigation into the case of Nikolai Shvetsov, Sergey Orlov, Ildar Gabrafikov, Konstantin Nesterov and Igor Kuchumov, who had previously been charged with a number of extremist articles in connection with their alleged participation in the creation of the site " Ufa Gubernskaya", recognized as extremist.

On March 15, 2010, in Murmansk, police officers detained two unemployed residents of the city of Murmansk, born in 1989. and a minor student of the Murmansk State Technical University, suspected of attacking a native of the Caucasus on March 14, 2010. The attackers were also identified by the victim's sister, who witnessed the crime.