On March 7, 2012, the lawyer of the members of the Pussy Riot group, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who were arrested after a sensational action in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, said that the defense had appealed against their arrest.

March 6, 2012 was An open letter from believers to Patriarch Kirill has been published with a request apply for closure criminal case against the Pussy Riot group. We , the authors of this letter , - believing people, - it is said in the text. - Majority of us consider such behavior in the temple unacceptable.

In March 2012 in the city of Chita, Trans-Baikal Territory, due to with the reconciliation of the parties, the case of an attack on a man of "non-Slavic appearance”, which took place in August last year. Recall that a minor young man was accused of that he twice hit a passer-by with the butt of an ax because of his ethnic accessories. Teenager charged with causing minor harm health motivated by national hatred (clause “b” part 2 of article 115 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

On March 7, 2012, it became known that the Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin appealed to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation with a complaint about the inconsistency of the Constitution of the Russian Federation with paragraph 5 of Art. 16 law "On freedom of conscience and religious associations.

In March 2012, in the city of Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic, completed the investigation of the case of inciting ethnic hatred (part 1 of article 282 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). 21-year-old Yegor Z. will soon be in the dock, who will be accused of pasting on public transport stops xenophobic leaflets. Recall that a young man was detained in the open during a search 40 leaflets were confiscated from him. Egor Z. admitted his guilt.

August 24, 2011 at about two o'clock in the morning in the city of Chita, Trans-Baikal Territory, it was a racist attack was made on a person with a "non-Slavic appearance". The man was attacked by a teenager who unexpectedly ran away from campaign of his acquaintances, caught up with the victim and hit him with the butt of an ax on back and neck. Fortunately, the man was not seriously injured. On the fact of the attack, a criminal case was initiated under paragraph "b" part 2 Art.

March 7, 2012 Vladimir Putin brought their apologies to offended Orthodox believers instead of members of the group “Pussy Riot. He emphasized that not knows exactly what the girls are guilty of. " But if they broke the law ," said he, - I bring mine apologies to all believers and clergy for them if they could not do this do it yourself.

On March 6, 2012, an arson attempt was made in Orel precinct police station no. The arsonists threw two bottles of incendiary mixture, as a result of which part of the facade and the outer glass were burned window. The arsonists fled the scene. Sources The Nazi set fire to the police department in Orel // Life News. 2012. March 7.

Prosecution In mid-February, two rulings in Bashkiria sentenced a number of individuals under Article282.2 of the Criminal Code, organization of an extremist organization, overtheir membership in the banned Islamic organization Hizb ut-Tahrir. Six weresent to prison, while four received suspended sentences.

On March 7, 2012, a suspect in setting fire to a police station. It turned out to be a 20-year-old local resident who adhered far right ideology. During a search of the suspect's home, neo-Nazi symbols and literature. The initiation of a criminal case has not yet been reported. Sources The Nazi set fire to the police department in Orel // Life News. 2012. March 7.

March 6, 2012 the prosecutor's office of the city of Klintsy, Bryansk region reported that a lawsuit was sent to the Klintsovsky City Court demanding recognize as extremist the issue of Rabochaya Gazeta, published by S. Melnikov (1938 R.). It is reported that on August 23 last year, one copy of the newspaper was sent for examination, which came to the conclusion that the texts revealed the presence of signs of inciting ethnic hatred.