In January 2012, in the city of Borovichi, Novgorod Region, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred). The case was initiated against an 18-year-old local resident, who is accused of publishing 6 racist videos on his personal page on the VKontakte social network from September 17 to October 6 last year. What kind of videos are in question, it was not reported.

January 24 2012, the opinions of the clergy on the national Russian politics. The journalists asked the clergy the following questions: “Do you think to legislate the state-forming role of the Russian people? Than you explain the reluctance that this idea encounters? The reason for the survey was the publication of an article by Vladimir Putin “Russia: a national question". Prot.

On January 19, 2011, an act of vandalism was committed in the city of Serpukhov, Moscow Region. Two young people, whose faces were covered with scarves, painted a swastika, SS symbols and the numbers 14/88 on the wall of the local recreation center "Russia". It is reported that the building is located in the city center, a few dozen meters from the administration of Serpukhov.

In January 2012, an investigation into a mass brawl in a local cafe located on Podvoisky Street, which occurred in June 2009, was completed in St. Petersburg. In this case are the brothers Gyaray and Magamedali Abdyev, who are charged with paragraphs. “a,c” part 2 art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred by an organized group with the use of violence).

On January 23, 2012, the Tomsk prosecutor's office appealed the decision of the Leninsky District Court of Tomsk, according to which the book "Bhagavad-Gita. As It Is" was not recognized as extremist material. The court's decision was not appealed within the period established by law, but the prosecutor's office, simultaneously with the appeal, filed an application asking for the restoration of the missed procedural deadline for appeal (for good reasons).

In January 2012, in Ulyanovsk, a verdict was passed in the case of inciting ethnic hatred (Part 1, Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). There were six fans of FC Volga in the dock - 19-year-old Maxim Potemki and Umed Rustamov, 20-year-old Alexander Rumyantsev and Mikhail Antonov, 22-year-old Artem Efremov and 24-year-old Sergey Petrovichev. The young people will be accused of making and posting about 100 anti-Caucasian leaflets around the city in July of this year.

January 24 2012, the Yelets City Court of the Lipetsk Region confirmed that citizens who refused Russian passports for religious reasons cannot take part in the electoral process. lawsuit, directed against the election commission, was not satisfied by the court.

January 22 2012, it became known that the development project of the boulevard between the street. Tarusskaya and Yasnogorskaya in the Moscow Yasenev, which included, in addition to shopping and entertainment complex building of an Orthodox church, canceled by the authorities at the request of local residents. Having canceled one project, the authorities proposed to develop a new one, but it is not yet clear whether a church building will be included in the project.

January 26, 2012 at interview with Interfax journalists Kirill Frolov, head of the Association of Orthodox experts, said that in the application filed at the Vladykino police department, he accuses Nikita Dzhigurdu not only in beatings, but also in "inciting religious hatred." Kirill Frolov noted that "insults Jigurda of religious feelings of the Orthodox majority of Russian citizens” are unacceptable.

On January 19, 2012, in the village of Shcheglovo, Leningrad Region, an attack was made on a native of Uzbekistan. At one of the local shops, an unknown person attacked the man and stabbed him in the stomach. In serious condition, the victim went to the hospital. No robbery was reported. The issue of initiating a criminal case is being resolved. Sources In the village of Shcheglovo, they tried to kill a foreigner // 47 news. 2012. January 25.

On September 15, 2011, the Leningrad Regional Court overturned the decision of the Vsevolozhsk City Court dated July 16, 2011 to change the place of serving a sentence for the former editor of the Rus Pravoslavnaya newspaper, Konstantin Dushenov. Let us recall that on July 16, 2011, the Vsevolozhsk City Court decided to transfer K. Dushenov from a penal colony to a general regime correctional colony.