In October 2011 in Kostroma region, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national and religious hatred). The case was initiated against a 25-year-old local resident, whom is suspected of having posted on his website between February and March of this year page in one of the social networks six xenophobic videos. Unfortunately, what kind of videos are we talking about? reported.

October 6 2011, the Moscow Arbitration Court declared illegal the orders of the Federal services for supervision in the field of communications, information technology and mass communications (Roskomnadzor) dated April 26 and May 18, 2010 on the annulment permission to distribute in Russia the magazines "Awake!" and Watchtower tower".

October 5, 2011 year in Moscow, a teachers' council was held with pedagogical and family Internet portals, during which the head Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow Artem Ermolaev proposed teachers and parents to develop approaches to filtering school Internet traffic.

October 7, 2011 Plenipotentiary Representative of the President Russia in the North Caucasian Federal District Alexander Khloponin during meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission on countering extremism in the Russian Federation on the territory of the North Caucasus Federal District suggested following the example Azerbaijan to ban graduates of foreign religious institutions returning to Russia universities to conduct preaching activities "until the expiration of the established adaptation

On October 6, 2011, it became known that the prosecutor's office Republic of Ingushetia, within the framework of supervision over the implementation of legislation on countering extremist activity found material on the website www.Hunafa.com "Appeal of the command of the Mujahideen Vilayat G1alg1ayche". Specialists prosecutors saw in it statements aimed at inciting religious and ethnic hatred. The material was sent to the court for recognition extremist.

On October 8, 2011, in Moscow on Manezhnaya Square, law enforcement officers prevented an unauthorized ultra-right rally in memory of CSKA fan Andrei Uryupin, who was killed on October 2 in Podolsk. In total, about 150 people attended the action, 98 of whom were detained. Police seized fireworks, traumatic weapons and pieces of reinforcement from some. Administrative violation reports were drawn up against 12 people, and the rest, after conducting preventive interviews, were released.

In October 2011, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FEOR) applied with a statement to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation in connection with the appearance of a neo-Nazi in Moscow at the end of September ads similar to the one that appeared in June this year in Perm.

On October 7, 2011, it became known that the Conservation Council cultural heritage of St. Petersburg reserved the territory for a possible restoration of the Church of the Savior on the Waters. Recovery period is not discussed. For 2011, on the historical territory of the temple there is one from the workshops of the Admiralty shipyards. Production is expected to be rescheduled to Kronstadt.

Misuse of anti-extremist legislation for the first month of autumn2011 remained within the bounds of our biannual report for this year,published in Russian on September 22 and forthcoming in English.

On October 7, 2011, it became known that the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation published draft amendments to the law “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations.” The most significant innovations of the bill are the elimination of the concept of “religious group” and the expansion of the powers of the state religious expert examination .

October 10, 2011 Guild of Experts in Religion and Law distributed its appeal to the clergy and believers in connection with publication of the draft amendments to the law "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious associations". The authors of the appeal call on believers to speak out against adoption of these amendments and announce their intention to collect and publish all statements believers on this topic.

On October 10, 2011, it became known that the Moscow Evangelical Baptist Christians (initiators) sent a letter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in connection with the draft amendments to the law "On freedom of conscience and religious associations. The authors of the letter are concerned that if these amendments "enjoy the right to freedom of conscience and religion will be only those citizens who are members of registered religious associations.