In April 2011, the Petrozavodsk City Court of the Republic Karelia was sentenced in the case of inciting ethnic hatred (Part 1 Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). A 19-year-old student was in the dock Petrozavodsk State University Ivan Panyshev, who was accused of that on April 20 last year he covered the walls of the school with xenophobic inscriptions No. 2 and a residential building in Petrozavodsk.

On April 27, 2011, the Khabarovsk Regional Court decided to liquidate local religious organization "Church of Evangelical Christians" Grace " city ​​of Khabarovsk" and the ban on its activities in the territory of the Khabarovsk Territory. Representatives of the Grace Church intend to appeal the court's decision.

In April 2011, the Ordzhonikidze District Court of Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk Region) satisfied the claim of the prosecutor’s office and recognized Vladimir Avdeev’s book “Racology. The science of the hereditary qualities of people." According to the Prosecutor General's Office, “ the book praises the “white race,” while other races are subject to derogatory criticism.

On April 27, 2011, it became known that the case initiated against Boris Obraztsov, publisher and founder of the newspaper Far Away Region, had been transferred to the prosecutor's office. Let us recall that a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred and humiliation based on attitudes towards religion using the media) was opened against B.

In April 2011, in the village of Buzan, Astrakhan Region, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (initiation of national and religious hatred). The case was opened against 30-year-old Rais Karabasov, whom accused of shouting Russophobic slogans insulting " the Russian-speaking population on the grounds nationality and attitude to religion ", February 5 this year at the evening meeting of graduates in one of the local schools.

April 27, 2011 at meeting in the Federation Council, according to Interfax-religion, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika proposed to tighten criminal liability for incitement of inter-religious conflicts. “ It seems necessary to strengthen the criminal liability of leaders, as well as members of public or religious organizations for the implementation illegal activities aimed at inciting interethnic and sectarian conflicts ,” he said.

April 21, 2011 at the Zabaykalsky Bale region Evgenia Fedosova, a member of the community of Jehovah's Witnesses, was subjected to a long questions from an FSB officer about his religious beliefs. FSB officer in accompanied by two men asked E. Fedosova questions at a gas station station, the exit from which they blocked. According to E. Fedosova, she intends to complain about the illegal actions of law enforcement officers.

April 22, 2011 in the city of Novotroitsk, Orenburg region an act of neo-Nazi vandalism was committed. On the fence of the cathedral mosque unknown people wrote anti-Muslim slogans and painted swastikas. A criminal case has been opened on this fact. Part 2 Art. 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (vandalism motivated by national and religious hatred).

April 6, 2011 at Petersburg, two women, members of the Witnesses Jehovah." Vladimir Mukhametshin, who lived at house 26 on Khasanskaya street, having called, entered the apartment, and struck numerous blows with an ax and a knife to two women (mother and daughter). A few days before the attack, a man posted ads in the entrance: "Witches live here", referring to the religious affiliation of the affected women. Investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for St.

On April 25, 2011, the prosecutor's office of the Republic of Altai filed a cassation appeal against the acquittal in the case of Alexander Kalistratov, charged under part 1, with the Supreme Court of the republic. Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred).

April 27, 2011 Prosecutor's Office Sverdlovsk region announced that it controls the progress of the investigation criminal case under Part.1 Article. 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for the implementation extremist activities). Criminal case against A 29-year-old resident of Yekaterinburg was initiated by the investigating authority of the FSB Russia in the Sverdlovsk region.

On April 27, 2011, Prosecutor General of Russia Yuri Chaika addressed members of the Federation Council with an annual report on the state of law and order in 2010. Among other things, in his report the Prosecutor General spoke about the situation with crimes of an extremist nature (see the SOVA Center’s information: “ What constitutes a “crime of an extremist nature ”). According to Yu. Chaika, 656 such crimes were registered in 2010, which is 20% more than the year before.