May 1, 2011 at half past seven in the evening at the intersection of streets Parkovaya and Metallistov of the city of Cherepovets (Vologda Oblast), Nazi skinheads attacked anti-fascists. First, a verbal skirmish arose between the opponents, which then escalated into a fight using bottles, sticks, stones. At the height of the conflict, one of the Nazi skinheads D. Orlov inflicted several blows with a knife on two anti-fascists. After that The participants in the brawl fled.

On May 1, 2011, two marches of Russian nationalists took place in Moscow. The main one was agreed upon at the request of the activists of the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI) and the Slavic Force (SS). They, starting at 13.00, marched from the Oktyabrskoye Pole metro station to the Schukinskaya metro station. The march involved, according to the estimates of the staff of the SOVA Center, no more than 600 people, just like a year ago.

In April 2011, we registered the misuse ofanti-extremism legislation in all our major areas of coverage:criminal and administrative proceedings, publications deemedextremist, and warnings issued to media sources. Criminal prosecution At least seven criminal cases ­– against Muslimgroups (Hizb ut-Tahrir and followers of Said Nursi), Jehovah’sWitnesses, Scientologists, and political and social activists –were improperly filed in April.