A remarkable event this month was the June 28 Resolution of the plenary meeting of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation N11 "On judicial practice in criminal cases involving crimes of an extremist nature." We see it as a first, significant step towards improving the situation in this area of the law. For our detailed commentary in Russian, see here . The Supreme Court’s Resolution contained several points we consider groundbreaking.

July 4, 2011 Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Russian Federation for the Kemerovo region reported about carrying out the operation "Illegal" search for illegal labor migrants, in which, along with other departments the local Center for countering extremism. As a result, operations were delayed citizens of Armenia.

The SOVA Center summed up the results of the past month. summer activity neo-Nazis is declining - this June was no exception. Compared with the previous month, the number of attacks decreased. According to our calculations, 6 people suffered from hate-motivated attacks this month, out of three of them died. I want to make a reservation right away that these figures are preliminary.

On July 1, 2011, it became known that the prosecutor's office city ​​of Vladimir appealed to the Leninsky district court of the city with a statement about recognition as extremist material of the book of the leader of the Volya party Svetlana Peunova "All power to the people?". (Probably means: Peunova Svetlana. "All power to the people? Confession of a contemporary." Rostov-on-Don: Phoenix, 2007. 352 p.). The court session is scheduled for July 11.