Edited by Alexander Verkhovsky Content Summary CRIMINAL MANIFESTATIONS OF RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA : Violence : Vandalism PUBLIC ACTIVITIES OF THE ULTRA RIGHT : Rallies and other public actions : Nationalists in the structures of the protest movement : Other public activity : Party construction COUNTERACTION TO XENOPHOBIA AND RADICAL NATIONALISM : Public opposition : Criminal prosecution for violence : Criminal Prosecution for Propaganda : Federal list of extremist materials : Other administrative

At the beginning of April 2012 in the city of Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia the investigation into the case of inciting ethnic hatred was completed (Part 1 Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). A 28-year-old local resident will soon be in the dock W., who is accused of having published on one of the sites on the Internet racist comment that called for violence against people from the North Caucasus and Central Asia.

On March 28, 2012, the Pervomaisky District Court of the city of Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic, was sentenced in the case of initiating a national hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). In the dock was 22-year-old Yegor Zakolyukin, who was accused of being at the end of January of this year posted xenophobic leaflets at public transport stops. Recall that the young man was caught red-handed, during the search he was seized 40 leaflets. Egor Z.

In April 2012, Ulyanovsk initiated criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred). The case was initiated against a 25-year-old local resident, whom accused of what he did in July last year in one of the social networks some xenophobic remarks. What exactly the young man wrote was not reported.

April 3, 2012 it became known that The prosecutor's office of the Leninsky district of Tyumen appealed to the Leninsky District Court with a statement on the recognition of extremist videos "Sheikh Said Buryatsky" Answer critics" and "Sheikh Al Albani" Oh jihad." Please note that these videos were posted on VKontakte in December 2008 by Magomet Gasanov .

April 3, 2012 City Court of Pervouralsk of the Sverdlovsk Region delivered a verdict in the case of initiating a national hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). In the dock was 19-year-old Ivan Shulayakov, a student at a technical school by specialty a pastry chef who came to Pervouralsk from the city of Sakha.

April 3, 2012 Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Astrakhan region reported that criminal case initiated against six “organizers and participants” of the activity religious association "Tablighi Jamaat" was submitted to the court. In May 2011, Yuri and Alexander Avdonin were charged under Part 1 of Art.

At the end of March 2012, far-right websites became spread a video in which neo-Nazis mock an anti-fascist in carriage of the Moscow metro, on the haul to the station "Park Pobedy". They tried to force the young man under fear of threats loudly say "Glory to the Russians, death khacham ", but he refused to scream slogan on the whole car. For this, the attackers started kicking him in the head. and torso.

We publish a review of the main and most significant events in the field of misuse of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in March 2012. Rulemaking On March 21, 2012, the draft federal law "On Amendments to Article 22.1 of the Federal Law "On State Registration of Legal persons and individual entrepreneurs" and articles 331 and 351.1 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation" passed the second reading in the State Duma, and on March 28 it was approved by the Federation Council.

April 2, 2012, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Vladimir Lukin presented an annual report on the human rights situation in Russia. During the presentation, he, among other things, called for clarifying the concept of extremism in legislation and adopt appropriate amendments. At present, the Commissioner for Rights considers human, the concept is too vague and poorly regulated. In particular, it concerns the definition of "social group".

April 1, 2012 on the fence, located near the factory "Red October" in Moscow, an image of the group members appeared " Pussy Riot " burning in hellfire. The graffiti was completed with the image of God's finger, Slavic letters and the inscription "Why". According to journalists, the graffiti were performed by four teenagers. By the evening of April 1 next to the image there was another inscription - "There is no need!".

April 3, 2012 in the city of Izhevsk of the Republic of Udmurtia was a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (initiation of a national hate). The case was initiated against 22-year-old Yegor Zakolyukin, who was caught red-handed for putting up xenophobic leaflets. Unfortunately, what exactly was contained in the leaflets is not reported. Recall that on March 28 this year, E.

April 2, 2012 on the walls of the building Bishop's house in Perm appeared swear words against Vladimir Putin and the Russian Church. The inscriptions were accompanied by the image of a swastika and "satanic characters." Representatives Perm diocese turned to the police.

April 3, 2012 Leninsky District Prosecutor's Office Magnitogorsk (Chelyabinsk region) reported that it had sent seven statements of claim to the court, in which requires city providers to restrict access to the site, who published certain religious texts included in the Federal List of Extremist materials. In addition, the heads of provider companies received a warning about the inadmissibility violations of legislation on countering extremist activity.