In March 2012, in the city of Borovichi, Novgorod Region, completed criminal investigation according to part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred). An 18-year-old local resident will soon be in the dock, whom accused of being from September 17 to On October 6 last year, he published on his personal page on the social network VKontakte 6 racist videos. What kind of videos are in question, it was not reported.

March 23, 2012 head of the legal service of the Moscow Patriarchate nun Xenia (Chernega) on the radio "Radonezh" said that the punk action in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior should be regarded as a criminal offense. In her opinion, the actions of the members of "Pussy Riot" fall under two articles. Criminal Code - 213 (hooliganism) and 282 (inciting hatred).

On March 23, 2012 it became known that the deputy State Dumas from "Fair Russia" Ilya Ponomarev sent to Prosecutor General's Office a request to check the election speeches candidate for the presidency of Russia V. Putin for their compliance with the Russian legislation. Ponomarev suspects Putin of inciting social enmity, subject to Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

On March 23, 2012, the Ufimsky District Court, on its own initiative, returned the criminal case against Fanzil Akhmetshin to the prosecutor "to eliminate the committed violations." Recall Deputy Chairman for Youth Policy of the World Kurultai (Congress) Bashkirs” F. Akhmetshin is charged under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity) Part 2 Art.

On March 22, 2012, the Moscow branch of the Yabloko party spoke demanding the release of the detained members of the Pussy Riot group. “We condemn the hooligan action that took place, which offended feelings of some believers. We believe that the offense committed "Pussy Riot" is not grounds for their detention, - says in the statement.

March 23, 2012 it became known that the newly created Russian Christian Social and Political Union has created an anti-corruption portal "Ne steal”, aimed at supporting representatives of small and medium-sized businesses (www.nekradi.ru and www.nekradi.rf).

On March 20, 2012 it became known that the school management named after Vasily Chatynov, the village of Kosh-Agach of the Republic of Altai was forbidden to students attend classes in Muslim headscarves. Parents of three ninth-graders applied for help to the imam of the Kosh-Agach region, Serzhan Svatov. The Imam said that "there is no such law in our country, which bans schoolgirls from wearing the hijab,” and advised parents to demand directorate written prohibition. Then S.

March 23, 2012 in the Nizhny Novgorod District Court began consideration of the case of local anti-fascists. Recall that in December 2011 in Nizhny Novgorod it was charges were filed against local activists of the antifa movement Artyom Bystrov, Pavel Krivonosov, Oleg Gembaruk, Albert Gainutdinov and Dmitry Kolesov. All of them are charged under Part 2 of Art. 282.1 of the Criminal Code (participation in an extremist community), part 2 of Art.

On February 27, 2012, the Kanavinsky District Court of Nizhny Novgorod satisfied the claim of the prosecutor's office and recognized the video “Ruzke March 2010” as extremist. The video was discovered during a check in one of the social networks.